Panchromatic imaging and spectroscopic observations of the mass ejections of RY Scuti [SSA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.00067


We describe recent panchromatic imaging and spectroscopic studies of the supergiant, mass-transferring, binary star RY Scuti, which is in a brief transitional phase to become a Wolf-Rayet star and a stripped-envelope supernova.

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R. Gehrz, N. Smith and D. Shenoy
Wed, 2 Sep 15
67/87

Comments: To appear in the proceedings of “Physics of Evolved Stars 2015 – A conference dedicated to the memory of Olivier Chesneau”