Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...289..526o&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 289, Feb. 15, 1985, p. 526-534.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Models, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Planetary Nebulae, Radial Velocity, Data Reduction, Spectral Resolution, Spectrum Analysis, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
High-resolution slit spectra are combined with published photometric and velocity data to develop a model of the double-ring planetary nebula NGC 2392. The inner ring is due to an incomplete, prolate spheroid shell with most of the material concentrated near the minor axis circumference. The spheroid is seen almost pole-on, open at the sharp ends, and the formal velocity of expansion (93 km/s) at the ends is a record high for planetary nebulae. The outer ring is a nearly round spheroid of approximately 16 km/s expansion velocity and a different tilt angle than the inner shell. It is surrounded by rapidly expanding material with velocities of at least 75 km/s. A high-velocity stream of material is formed at the open ends of the inner shell and is accelerated by the central star's stellar wind to velocities of at least + or - 190 km/s, providing the first direct evidence for the kinematic role of a strong stellar wind. The inner shell age is approximately 800 yr, arguing that the shell material was preferentially ejected from the equator of the parent star, in contradiction with the usual predictions of theory.
Ball M. E.
Odell C. R.
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