![Figure caption: Profiles of the broad 4428 Å band (left panel) and of the 5780 Å feature (right panel) towards Tc 1 central star (black) and average of two sight lines to the nebular position on either side of the nebula. In both panels, the dashed blue l Figure caption: Profiles of the broad 4428 Å band (left panel) and of the 5780 Å feature (right panel) towards Tc 1 central star (black) and average of two sight lines to the nebular position on either side of the nebula. In both panels, the dashed blue l](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/resultados144_156.jpg?itok=9v_XQ0En)
Identification of the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) has been very elusive since the beginning of the last century. Differentcomplex carbon-based molecules - e.g., carbon chains, polycyclicaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and fullerenes - have been proposed asDIB's carriers. If the DIBs arise from large gas phase molecules, such as PAHs and fullerenes, then they are also expected to be present in other carbon-rich space environments like circumstellar shells around evolved stars. Diffuse circumstellar bands (DCBs) in absorption have been unsuccessfully studied for more than
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