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Emission-Line Profiles in Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Donald E. Osterbrock*
Affiliation:
Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.

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This research was undertaken with the idea of measuring as accurately as possible the internal-velocity distribution in planetary nebulae, in order to compare the observational measurements with hydrodynamical models of expanding nebulae. Much of the work was done in collaboration with J. S. Miller and D.W. Weedman. All the observational data were obtained photographically with the Coudé spectrograph of the 100-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson, using an image rotator, a 900 line/mm grating, and an F/5-2 camera, giving a dispersion of about 4 Å/mm in the blue and about 6 Å/mm in the red. The measured velocity resolution is approximately 5–6 km/sec. The data for five nebulae have been published (Osterbrock et al., 1966) while data for three more, NGC 2392, NGC 3242, and IC 418 are discussed here for the first time.

Type
Session IV – Structure and Dynamics
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

References

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