The `Papillon' nebula: a compact HII blob in the LMC resolved by HST

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1999-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907149v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 figures (Fig.1 in color), accepted for publication in A&A 1999, see also http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1999/2

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We present high spatial resolution HST imaging of the LMC compact HII region N159-5. This high excitation blob is revealed to be a `papillon' or butterfly-shaped ionized nebula with the `wings' separated by ~2.3" (0.6 pc). Two subarcsecond features resembling a `smoke ring' and a `globule' are detected in the wings, the origin of which is briefly discussed. N159-5 may represent a new type of HII region in the Magellanic Clouds overlooked so far because of insufficient spatial resolution. Our images also show a strikingly turbulent medium around the Papillon in the giant HII region N159, which manifests itself by a large number of subarcsecond filaments, arcs, ridges, and fronts carved in the ionized gas by the stellar winds from massive stars in the N159 complex.

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