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Optical spectrophotometry, infrared photometry and radio continuum observations are combined to investigate the class of bipolar nebulae defined purely morphologically. The evolutionary status of these objects is considered. A few represent pre-main sequence objects; most seem to be proto-planetary nebulae; and a small number are evolved planetary nebulae.
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Calvet et al. (1978) studied this question.
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