Abstract
AbstractThe circumstellar lines due to A lΠ - X1Σ transition of CO has been identified for the first time in the spectra of an early type star. The spectrum, taken from the International Ultraviolet Explorer between 1150 - 1900 Å, of 9 Cep, a B2Ib star with E(B-V) = 0.47, shows not only the interstellar absorption lines of CO but also absorption features shifted towards short wavelength relative to the interstellar lines. The amount of shifts towards short wavelength from the 1 - 0, 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 4 - 0, & 6 - 0 interstellar absorption bands of CO has been found to be fairly close and corresponds to a velocity of 450 km sec-1. All attempts to identify these set of lines in a consistent way with atomic or ionic lines have yielded essentially negative results. This has led us to tentatively identify these lines due to circumstellar ∞ around 9 Cep. An estimate of rate of mass loss from the circumstellar ∞-column density leads to a value of Ṁ ≥ 10-11 M⊙ yr-1.
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