Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-06-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
13 pages, 18 figures; Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
Recent large scale Galactic Plane H$\alpha$ surveys allow a re-examination of the environs of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars for the presence of a circumstellar nebula. Using the morphologies of WR nebulae known to be composed of stellar ejecta as a guide, we constructed ejecta nebula criteria similar to those of Chu (1991) and searched for likely WR ejecta nebula in the SHS H$\alpha$ survey. A new Wolf-Rayet ejecta nebula around WR 8 is found and its morphology discussed. The fraction of WR stars with ejecta type nebulae is roughly consistent between the MilkyWay (MW) and LMC at around 5-6%, with the MW sample dominated by nitrogen rich WR central stars (WN type) and the LMC stars having a higher proportion of carbon rich WR central stars (WC type). We compare our results with those of previous surveys, including those of Marston (1997) and Miller & Chu (1993), and find broad consistency. We investigate several trends in the sample: most of the clear examples of ejecta nebulae have WNh central stars; and very few ejecta nebulae have binary central stars. Finally, the possibly unique evolutionary status of the nebula around the binary star WR 71 is explored.
Barlow Michael J.
Stock D. J.
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