Detection of 19 lt-yr Long Bipolar Jets from Interacting Binary KX And
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Bipolar jets with an apparent length of 20′ ejected from KX And have been discovered in the first data release of the Northern Sky Narrowband Survey. KX And is a well-studied interacting binary with mass transfer through Roche lobe overflow at a distance of about 760 pc. However, the faint jets, which are visible in Hα light, have been overlooked in the past. With a known inclination of i ≈ 50° of the binary system, this leads to a true length of the jets of about 19 lt-yr (5.8 pc) in each direction.
Source: Research Notes of the AAS
Author: Stefan Ziegenbalg
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404619559