A hydrogen-deficient flow in the centre of the planetary nebula A58

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Hydrogen, Planetary Nebulae, Stellar Mass Ejection, Nitrogen, Novae, Oxygen, Stellar Composition, Stellar Winds

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Images and high-resolution spectra of the hydrogen-deficient knot at the center of the old planetary nebula A58 are presented. The spectra confirm that this region contains essentially no hydrogen, as previously suspected. Emission lines from the knot are broad (FWHM is approximately equal to 180 and 270 km/s for forbidden N II and O III lines, respectively) and are bluehifted by about 100 km/s relative to the systemic velocity. These data are analyzed in terms either of a one-sided collimated flow (the rear-side flow being obscured or suppressed) or of a dusty, spherical wind (where the rear side of the compact object is obscured by dust) with the data lending marginal support for the collimated flow model. The collimated flow or fast, H-poor wind is very likely to be associated with the 1919 novalike event in Aquila.

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