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What's Going on Around BNThe Becklin-Neugebauer object, discovered in observations made by Eric Becklin as a graduate student, is the brightest mid-infrared source outside the solar system, and a beacon in the nearest region of massive star formation. Using NICMOS on HST, we have obtained near infrared photometric, spectroscopic, and polarimetric images of the region immediately around BN. These images, with resolutions < -0.2", reveal remarkable morphologies, shock details, new young stellar objects, faint stars with variable intensities, and outflow features. We will summarize these results and inferences regarding the shock properties, illuminating sources of the nebulosity, and IRc sources near BN.
Document ID
20050185188
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Erickson, Edwin (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Colgan, S. W. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Schultz, A. S. B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Simpson, J. P. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Burton, M. G. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Kaufman, M. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Young, E. T. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Stolovy, S. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: 40 Years of Infrared Astronomy
Location: Westwood, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: April 1, 2005
End Date: April 2, 2005
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 263-10-30
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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