Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-01-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020185
Deep optical CCD images of the supernova remnant G 17.4-2.3 were obtained and faint emission has been discovered. The images, taken in the emission lines of Halpha+[N II], [S II] and [O III], reveal filamentary structures in the east, south-east area, while diffuse emission in the south and central regions of the remnant is also present. The radio emission in the same area is found to be well correlated with the brightest optical filament. The flux calibrated images suggest that the optical filamentary emission originates from shock-heated gas ([S II]/Halpha > 0.4), while the diffuse emission seems to originate from an HII region ([S II]/Halpha < 0.3). Furthermore, deep long-slit spectra were taken at the bright [O III] filament and clearly show that the emission originates from shock heated gas. The [O III] flux suggests shock velocities into the interstellar "clouds" greater than 100 km/s, while the [S II] 6716/6731 ratio indicates electron densities ~240 cm^{-3}. Finally, the Halpha emission has been measured to be between 7 to 20 x 10^{-17} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2} arcsec^{-2}.
Boumis Panayotis
Mavromatakis Fotis
Paleologou Euthimios V.
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