A study of small diffuse nebulae

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Abundance, Interstellar Extinction, Line Spectra, Nebulae, Spectrum Analysis, Astronomical Photometry, Electron Density (Concentration), Electron Energy, H Ii Regions, H Lines, Nitrogen, Oxygen Spectra

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Ten small galactic H II regions have been studied by filter photometry at the Prairie Observatory of the University of Illinois and with the Harvard Scanner at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Absolute H-alpha and H-beta fluxes were determined for all 10, and fluxes in the O II 3727, O II 7324, O III 5007 + 4959, and N II 6584 + 6548 forbidden lines were also obtained. Extinction constants were calculated from H-alpha/H-beta ratios and also from the radio/H-beta ratios when possible. Differences between the optical extinctions and the radio extinctions are found for six of the eight regions with known radio fluxes; the observed differences can be explained by local dust. Electron temperatures from forbidden O II are found to lie within the range 5000-7500 K, but these temperatures should be regarded as lower limits to the actual forbidden O II electron temperatures.

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