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Spectroscopy of the Three Planetary Nebulae in the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

J. R. Walsh
Affiliation:
ST-ECF, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild Strasse 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
A. A. Zijlstra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester, UK
D. Péquignot
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris - Meudon, F-92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France

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Two planetary nebulae previously classified as Galactic were discovered, on the basis of their radial velocities, to be located in the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy (Zijlstra & Walsh, 1996, A&A, 312, L21). At the distance of Sagittarius of ~25kpc, they are the closest extra-galactic PN. A detailed analysis based on ground-based spectra and radio continuum data was published (Dudziak et al. 2000, A&A, 363, 717); it was shown that the two nebulae are on the same evolutionary track with initial mass of 1.2M and almost identical light element abundances. One of the nebulae, Wray 16–423, underwent PN ejection about 1500yr before its twin He 2-436. On the basis of their similarity, a differential abundance analysis could be conducted. Third dredge-up carbon was found to be more abundant in He 2-436 and the first conclusive evidence for third-dredge-up oxygen enrichment was revealed (Péquignot et al. 2000, A&A, 361, L1).

Type
Part VIII: Planetary Nebulae as Galaxy Probes
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