| Abstract: | The radius of R CrB is estimated to 90–100 radii of the Sun. The dust layer, which is the cause of the deep minimum in the visible light of R Coronae Borealis-type stars, has a radius of about 6 radii of the star. This follows from the delay of the infrared light increase after the visual minimum and also from the analogy with the dust formation in novae. The emission lines appearing in the minimum have an origin analogous to the metal emissions in the comets of 1882 II and 1965 VIII in which they were observed at a distance of 20–30 R⊙. The permanent dust shell has a radius about of 26 stellar radii. |
