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Carbon- and Oxygen-Rich Progenitors of Planetary Nebulae

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Planetary Nebulae

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This review concerns stars on the Asymptotic Giant Branch that are about to develop into planetary nebulae (=PNe). They are still termed ”stars”, and properly so, and yet they have already, in statu nascendi, the structure of a PN. There are two different kinds: oxygen-rich stars (spectral class: M) and carbon- rich stars (spectral class: C).

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Habing, H.J., Blommaert, J.A.D.L. (1993). Carbon- and Oxygen-Rich Progenitors of Planetary Nebulae. In: Weinberger, R., Acker, A. (eds) Planetary Nebulae. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 155. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2088-3_106

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