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Identification of 106 new infrared carbon stars in the IRAS Point Source Catalog - Near-infrared photometry and their space distribution in the galaxy
A method based solely on IR colors - the combination of near-IR and IRAScolors - is used to identify 106 new IR carbon stars (IRCS). It is shownthat the proportion of IRCS in a region of the IRAS two-color diagrampreviously thought to contain the largest concentration of such stars isnot as large as expected for the faintest objects. A local spatialnumber density of about 12 IRCS/sq kpc is estimated. It is shown to beuniform within 5 to 11 kpc from the galactic center. The local ratio ofIRCS to optical carbon stars is found to be about 35 percent. A totalrestitution rate of about 10 to the -4 solar masses/yr/sq kpc isderived. The efficiency of the combination of near and mid-IR photometryfor the study of AGB stars is confirmed.
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| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Right ascension: | 07h09m23.26s |
| Declination: | -15°01'35.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.669 |
| Distance: | 10000000 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -1.2 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 0.9 |
| B-T magnitude: | 11.141 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.874 |
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