The ionized gas in the irregular galaxy NGC 4449

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Abundance, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Galactic Structure, Interstellar Gas, Ionized Gases, Radial Velocity, Hydrogen Clouds, Line Spectra, Neutral Gases, Nitrogen, Oxygen

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Spectroscopic observations of NGC 4449 obtained at 600-700 nm and mean dispersion 11.0 A/mm with an echelle spectrograph and at 440-720 nm and 120 A/mm with a B&C spectrograph at the Cassegrain focus of the 182-cm reflector, and at 400-750 nm and 125 A/mm with a nebular spectrograph at the Newtonian focus of the 122-cm reflector, all at Asiago Observatory, are reported. The data and calculated line ratios are presented in tables, graphs, and radial-velocity-field diagrams and compared with published observational data on other objects. The internal ionized gas is found to have a velocity gradient opposite to that of the external neutral gas. The observed ratios of the forbidden O III and N II lines to H-beta and H-alpha, respectively, are used to determine the O and N abundances: 12 + log(O/H) = 8.3 and 12 + log(N/H) = 7.1. The filamentary structure of NGC 4449 is discussed and illustrated in an appendix.

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