Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Feb 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975apj...196..195h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 196, Feb. 15, 1975, pt. 1, p. 195-204.
Physics
Optics
32
Hot Stars, Late Stars, Planetary Nebulae, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectra, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Carbon, Cassegrain Optics, Line Spectra, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Subdwarf Stars
Scientific paper
The planetary nebula NGC 246 and its exciting stars were studied, using an image-tube spectrograph at the Cassegrain focus of a 36-inch telescope. Observations of the central star indicate that it has one of the most highly excited spectra known to optical astronomers. The only lines definitely present in the spectrum are lines of C IV and O VI, although lines of He II are probably present. Since nitrogen lines (in any ionization state) are absent, the stellar spectrum suggests that the star has experienced the triple-alpha process. Nebular observations were used to estimate the atmospheric properties of the exciting star by the Zanstra method. The results are found to correlate well with the spectral appearance of the star. Comparison of the properties of the star and surrounding nebula with Paczynski's evolutionary tracks for planetary nuclei suggests that the star is very near the point of exhaustion of its nuclear fuels.
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