Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-11-19
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 322 (2001) 195
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 3 figures, to be published in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04145.x
We present [N II] and H-alpha images and high resolution long-slit spectra of the planetary nebula IC 4846, which reveal, for the first time, its complex structure and the existence of collimated outflows. The object consists of a moderately elongated shell, two (and probably three) pairs of collimated bipolar outflows at different orientations, and an attached circular shell. One of the collimated pairs is constituted by two curved, extended filaments whose properties indicate a high velocity, bipolar precessing jet. A difference of \~10 km/s is found between the systemic velocity of the precessing jets and the centroid velocity of the nebula, as recently report for Hu 2-1. We propose that this difference is due to orbital motion of the ejection source in a binary central star. The orbital separation and period estimates for the binary star are less than or equal to 30 AU and 100 yr, respectively. These are similar to those previously estimated for Hu 2-1, linking the central stars of both planetary nebulae to interacting binaries. Extraordinary similarities also exist between IC 4846 and the bewildering planetary nebula NGC 6543, suggesting a similar formation history for both objects.
Guerrero Martin A.
Miranda Luis F.
Torrelles Jose Maria
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