| Name | GT1_bdevries_2 |
| Title | The rich mineralogy of the post Asymptotic Giant Branch star MWC922. |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342229805&instrument_name=PACS&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ludo81o |
| Author | de vries, b. |
| Description | We propose to observe a full SED of the post Asymptotic Giant Branch star (post-AGB) MWC922. ISO spectra have already shown that this object has a very rich mineralogy. With a full spectral scan we want to get a complete inventory of the solid state bands in this object. MWC922 is one of the few sources that shows a narrow band at 65 micron that can be assigned to enstatite, and as such could serve as an important template to establish the signature of cold enstatite in circumstellar environments. MWC922 also shows a broad band centered around 65 micron, whose nature is under discussion but could be diopside. This could offer the rare occasion where cold diopside could be studied. Solid state bands in the spectrum will be identified using laboratory data available in the literature and we will establish relative abundances of the materials. Furthermore, the presence of the narrow 65 micron enstatite band can be verified and we can search for other enstatite bands in the 65-75 micron wavelength range (clino and ortho enstatite). |
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| Instrument | PACS_PacsRangeSpec_point |
| Temporal Coverage | 2011-09-27T08:15:04Z/2011-09-27T09:13:41Z |
| Version | SPG v14.2.0 |
| Mission Description | Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, de vries et al., 2012, 'The rich mineralogy of the post Asymptotic Giant Branch star MWC922.', SPG v14.2.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ludo81o |