Nebulosities of the Symbiotic Binary R Aquarii -- A Short Review

TL;DR

This paper reviews the complex nebulosities surrounding the symbiotic binary R Aquarii, summarizing decades of research and highlighting key findings about its surrounding nebular material.

Contribution

It provides a focused overview of R Aquarii's nebulosities, integrating recent research and literature insights into this specific aspect of the system.

Findings

Detailed structures of R Aquarii's nebulosities

Historical evolution of the nebular features

Key observational characteristics of the nebulae

Abstract

In this proceeding, we present a short review of the fascinating nebulosities of symbiotic binary R Aquarii. The R Aquarii system, comprising the central binary and surrounding nebular material, has been the subject of near-continuous study since its discovery, with a few hundred papers listed in ADS. As such, it is impossible to provide here the comprehensive review that R Aquarii deserves, instead we chose to focus on the nebulosities -- covering both our own research and other relevant results from the literature.