Ground-based observations have been obtained for eight F and G supergiant-like stars showing large IR excesses. The combination of ground-based and IRAS data shows that these objects have dual-peak energy distributions, with comparable amounts of energy emitted in the visible and the IR. The IR-emitting cool dust shells are likely to represent the remnants of ejecta from an earlier phase of evolution. It is suggested that these eight objects are similar to IRAS 18095 + 2704 and are intermediate-mass stars in a post-AGB phase of evolution. Model fittings to the 0.4-100 micron energy distribution of these objects suggest that they left the AGB within the last 1000 yr.
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Hrivnak et al. (1989) studied this question.