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Two short mass-loss events that unveil the binary heart of Minkowski’s Butterfly Nebula

Two short mass-loss events that unveil the binary heart of Minkowski’s Butterfly Nebula

Studying the appearance and properties of bipolar winds is critical to understand the stellar evolution from the AGB to the planetary nebula (PN) phase. Many uncertainties exist regarding the presence and role of binary stellar systems, mainly due to the deficit of conclusive observational evidences. We investigate the extended equatorial …