Infrared emission around Cyg X-3

Abstract

We present UKIRT infrared images of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. We address the possibility of extended infrared emission and show that it could be either warm circumstellar material or a star near the binary's line of sight.

to appear in "Accretion Phenomena and Associated Outflows", IAU Coll. 163, Port Douglas, Australia, July 1996; 2 pages, 0 figures