Abstract
Context. Circumstellar shells around AGB stars are built over long periods of time that may reach several million years. They may therefore be extended over large sizes (∼1 pc, possibly more), and different complementary tracers are needed to describe their global properties. Aims. We set up a program to explore the properties of matter in the external parts of circumstellar shells around AGB stars and to relate them to those of the central sources (inner shells and stellar atmospheres). Methods. In the present work, we combined 21-cm H i and CO rotational line data obtained on an oxygen-rich semi-regular variable, RX Lep, to describe the global properties of its circumstellar environment. Results. With the SEST, we detected the CO(2–1) rotational line from RX Lep. The line profile is parabolic and implies an expansion
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