Groenewegen, MAT;
Waelkens, C;
Barlow, MJ;
Kerschbaum, F;
Garcia-Lario, P;
Cernicharo, J;
Blommaert, JADL;
... Wesson, R; + view all
(2011)
MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), a Herschel key program.
Astronomy & Astrophysics
, 526
, Article A162. 10.1051/0004-6361/201015829.
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Abstract
MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS) is a guaranteed time key program that uses the PACS and SPIRE instruments on board the Herschel space observatory to observe a representative sample of evolved stars, that include asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae and red supergiants, as well as luminous blue variables, Wolf-Rayet stars and supernova remnants. In total, of order 150 objects are observed in imaging and about 50 objects inspectroscopy. This paper describes the target selection and target list, and the observing strategy. Key science projects are described, and illustrated using results obtained during Herschel’s science demonstration phase. Aperture photometry is given for the 70 AGB and post-AGB stars observed up to October 17, 2010, which constitutes the largest single uniform database of far-IR and sub-mm fluxes for late-type stars.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), a Herschel key program |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201015829 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015829 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | stars: AGB and post-AGB / stars: mass loss / supernovae: general / circumstellar matter / infrared: stars |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095290 |
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