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JHKL photometry of three Herbig-Haro jet sources and a nebulous T Tauri star

Journal Article · · Astron. J.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/113914· OSTI ID:5658576

Infrared sources have been detected at the positions of the Herbig-Haro jet sources HH 30, DG Tau B, and Haro 6-5 B in the Taurus dark cloud complex. The colors of these Herbig-Haro jet sources in the 1-4 micron wavelength range are comparable to those of the dustiest T Tauri stars, while the K magnitudes corrected for likely interstellar extinction are actually somewhat fainter than those oftypical T Tauri stars in this region. These observations are consistent with the view that these Herbig-Haro jet sources are low-mass premain-sequence stars. The nebulous T Tauri star Haro 6-5 was also observed and found to show both a large infrared excess and an intrinsic-polarization of about 3 percent in visible light. Thus this star seems to resemble HL Tau and DG Tau, which have been suggested as examples of young stars with circumstellar disks. 17 references.

Research Organization:
Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ; Computer Sciences Corp., Baltimore, MD; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
OSTI ID:
5658576
Journal Information:
Astron. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astron. J.; (United States) Vol. 90; ISSN ANJOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English