IRAS 18043-2116 (OH 9.1 -0.4) -- a possible
water fountain star.
| The 22 GHz H2O maser is searched for 85 post-AGB
candidates using the Tidbinbilla 70m radio telescope between 2003 April to
2004 April. There are 21 detections. Also
present Mopra observations of 86 GHz SiO masers
to a sub-sample. Five stars were found to show high velocity H2O maser lines
and are water fountain star candidates, including IRAS
18043-2116 (their source name: b292). IRAS
18043-2116's H2O maser features showed a Vexp >= 102
km/s. The Vlsr = 87 km/s. They found that the H2O maser strengths are varying (perhaps increasing) with time.
(from Deacon et al., 2007ApJ...658.1096D)
(figure: H2O maser spectra of IRAS
18043-2116.)
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