The size, luminosity and motion of the extreme carbon star IRC+10216 (CW Leonis) release_w7mku5znl5c2ldig3pu2t3u6ii

by K. M. Menten, M. J. Reid, T. Kaminski, M. J. Claussen

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arxiv.base_id 1205.6739
arxiv.categories ['astro-ph.SR']
arxiv.comments 9 pages incl. 2 appendices, 4+2 figures