scholarly journals The Central Region of the Planetary Nebula A58

1993 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 387-387
Author(s):  
D.L. Pollacco ◽  
P.W. Hill ◽  
R.E.S. Clegg

We present images and high–resolution spectra of the hydrogen deficient knot at the centre of the old planetary nebula A58. The spectra confirm that this region contains essentially no hydrogen, as previously suspected. Emission lines from the knot are broad (FWHM ∼ 180 and 270 km/s for [NII] and [OIII] lines respectively) and are blue–shifted by ∼100 km/s relative to the systematic velocity.

1989 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 187-187
Author(s):  
D.P.K. Banerjee ◽  
B. G. Anandarao ◽  
J. N. Desai ◽  
S. K. Jain ◽  
D.C.V. Mallik

We present observations of the bipolar planetary nebula NGC 2346 carried out with the 1-m telescope at the Vainu Bappu Observatory in Kavalur, India using (1) a high resolution piezo-electric scanned Fabry-Pérot Spectrometer (with a velocity resolution of 10 km s−1) for line studies in the 6000 A - 7000 A spectral range and (2) a pressure scanned Fabry-Pérot spectrometer (with a velocity-resolution of 5 km s−1) in the green region. The nebula was observed in the H I 6563 A and [N II] 6583 A emission lines using a 15″ aperture and in the [O III] 5007 A line using an 8″ aperture centered on the bright central spot. A number of scans in each of these lines were co-added to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The [O III] profile shows a well defined split between the blue and the red component, typical of an expanding shell. The [N II] profile does not show a well resolved split, although a pronounced suggestion of a split was observed in all the scans. The Hα profile was broad and asymmetric. The composite [O III] and [N II] profiles were decomposed into two individual Gaussians for obtaining the expansion velocity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S283) ◽  
pp. 490-491
Author(s):  
Laurence Sabin ◽  
Roberto Vázquez ◽  
Jose A. Lopéz ◽  
Maria-Teresa García-Diaz

AbstractNGC 5189 is a particularly interesting planetary nebula (PN) displaying multiple bipolar structures. This type of morphology is generally attributed to multiple mass loss events believed to originate from a precessing central source. In order to better understand this, once dubbed chaotic PN, we have investigated optical imaging combined with low- and high- resolution spectroscopic data to dissect its components. The imaging reveals three and possibly four well defined bipolar lobes showing a misalignment with respect to the central torus, although sharing the same geometric center. The high nitrogen levels detected in the elongated filaments/condensations surrounding the nebula and at the torus location highlight the presence of low ionization structures as well as the possible occurrence of shocks in the areas perturbed by large dynamical motions. Finally the kinematical study indicates moderate expansion velocities (35 km.s−1 in the western lobe, 33 km.s−1 in the central region and 44 km.s−1 in the eastern lobe). We also notice the asymmetry of the [NII] distribution and the velocities inside NGC 5189 between its North-West and South-East components.


Author(s):  
A Aller ◽  
R Vázquez ◽  
L Olguín ◽  
L F Miranda ◽  
M Ressler

Abstract We present high-resolution, long-slit optical spectra and images of the planetary nebula NGC 1514. The position velocity maps of the [O iii] emission line reveal complex kinematics with multiple structures. A morpho-kinematical analysis suggests an inner shell, originally spherical and now distorted by several bubbles, and an attached outer shell. The two well-defined, mid-infrared rings of NGC 1514 are not detected in our high-resolution, long-slit spectra, which prevented us from doing a kinematical analysis of them. Based exclusively on their morphology, we propose a barrel-like structure to explain the rings. Several ejection processes have been possibly involved in the formation of the nebula although a time sequence is difficult to establish with the current data. We also analyse intermediate-resolution, long-slit spectra with the goal of studying the physical parameters and chemical abundances of NGC 1514. The nebular spectra reveal a moderate-excitation nebula with weak emission lines of [Ar iii], [Ne iii], He i and He ii. No [N ii] neither other low-excitation emission lines are detected. We found an electron temperature around 14000 K in the gas and an electron density in the range of 2000 and 4000 cm−3.


1997 ◽  
Vol 482 (2) ◽  
pp. 891-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
You‐Hua Chu ◽  
Thomas H. Chang ◽  
Gail M. Conway

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 676-679
Author(s):  
Ruth C. Peterson

AbstractRecent results are reviewed for two methods of luminosity calibration based on high-resolution spectroscopy. The first relies onTeff/loggdeterminations from model-atmosphere analyses based on high-resolution spectra. This method is physically well founded but operationally demanding, and requires advance knowledge of stellar mass. The second, W-B, stems from the empirical relationship between luminosity and the width of chromospheric emission lines first established by Wilson and Bappu. Its physical basis is only partially understood, however, and the calibration depends on stellar metallicity and on the choice of lines.BothTeff/loggand W-B easily distinguish cool dwarfs from cool giants. Generally reasonable agreement is found between distances derived from Hipparcos parallaxes and those inferred from the loggvalues derived for nearby dwarfs with relatively well-known Hipparcos parallaxes, σ(π)/π < 0.2. Constraining Hipparcos parallaxes star-by-star is not possible at present. Improvements are suggested for both approaches.


Author(s):  
Miriam Peña ◽  
Liliana Hernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco Ruiz-Escobedo

Abstract The analysis of 20 years of spectrophotometric data of the double shell planetary nebula PM 1-188 is presented, aiming to determine the time evolution of the emission lines and the physical conditions of the nebula, as a consequence of the systematic fading of its [WC 10] central star whose brightness has declined by about 10 mag in the past 40 years. Our main results include that the [O iii], [O ii], [N ii] line intensities are increasing with time in the inner nebula as a consequence of an increase in electron temperature from 11 000 K in 2005 to more than 14 000 K in 2018, due to shocks. The intensity of the same lines are decreasing in the outer nebula, due to a decrease in temperature, from 13 000 K to 7000 K, in the same period. The chemical composition of the inner and outer shells was derived and they are similar. Both nebulae present subsolar O, S and Ar abundances, while they are He, N and Ne rich. For the outer nebula the values are 12+log He/H = 11.13 ± 0.05, 12+log O/H = 8.04 ± 0.04, 12+log N/H = 7.87 ± 0.06, 12+log S/H = 7.18 ± 0.10 and 12+log Ar = 5.33 ± 0.16. The O, S and Ar abundances are several times lower than the average values found in disc non-Type I PNe, and are reminiscent of some halo PNe. From high resolution spectra, an outflow in the N-S direction was found in the inner zone. Position-velocity diagrams show that the outflow expands at velocities in the −150 to 100 km s−1 range, and both shells have expansion velocities of about 40 km s−1.


1993 ◽  
pp. 387-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Pollacco ◽  
P. W. Hill ◽  
R. E. S. Clegg

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