Symbiotic Miras Can Do It

Corradi, Romano L. M.; Livio, Mario; Schwarz, Hugo E.; Munari, Ulisse
Bibliographical reference

Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae II: From Origins to Microstructures, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 199. Edited by J. H. Kastner, N. Soker, and S. Rappaport. ISBN: 1-58381-026-9, 2000, p. 175

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2000
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Description
Symbiotic Miras give a nice practical demonstration of the formation of bipolar and highly aspherical nebulae as a consequence of interaction in detached binaries. We believe that these binary systems are among the most promising candidates for the progenitors of bipolar planetary nebulae. We present a list of the optically extended nebulae known to date around symbiotic Miras, and illustrate their properties using recent HST and ESO-NTT [NII] images of He 2-104 and He 2-147.