[vsnet-chat 7345] Re: MisV1267: carbon star with H-alpha emission

[Seiichi Yoshida]

Dear colleagues,

Dr. Brian Skiff kindly sent me the following comments.

>      While carbon stars are a minority amongst Miras or long-period
> red variables, they are not unusual.  A well-known example is SS Vir.
> Similarly, H-alpha emission is kinda the usual thing for cool carbon
> stars, so there is nothing peculiar here either.
>      I do note that in SIMBAD there are three entries for this star
> that should be merged:
> 
> Kiso C5-213 = EM* VES 820 = IRAS 04318+5243 (= GSC2 N312210022008 
>             = 2MASS J04354728+5249595 = MSX6C G153.0896+03.6351
>             4 35 47.28 +52 49 59.5  (J2000, 2MASS)

Best regards,

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