Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
The results presented here are from an ongoing mid-infrared imaging study of PPNe and PNe, using MIRAC2 the UA/SAO mid-IR camera. Our 8-21 μm observations have a spatial resolution of about 0.7″ to 1.5″, and a pixel scale of 0.25″/pixel (at UKIRT) or 0.34″/pixel (at IRTF). The high S/N and good spatial sampling in our images of IRAS 22272+5435 and IRAS 07134+1005 allow us to construct temperature and optical depth maps. Using our 11.7μm and 20.6μm images we also construct maps which isolate the 11.3μm (UIR) and 21μm emission features (Justannont et al. 1995). As a second part of this project, we are modelling the dust emission from PPNe and young PNe, using a axisymmetrical radiative transfer code.