A study of the neutral hydrogen in direction to the GUM nebula

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Gum Nebula, Hydrogen, Neutral Gases, Radio Telescopes, Supernova Remnants, Wolf-Rayet Stars, B Stars, Early Stars, O Stars, Stellar Mass Ejection

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This paper presents 44 gray-scale maps at constant velocity of the distribution of H I in the direction of the Gum nebula. It is shown that there is no H I shell with a size comparable to the 36 deg diameter optical nebulosities and that there is a thick H I shell, about 7 deg in radius, shifted from the center of the optical nebula by more than 10 deg. The observations are consistent with a model in which the Gum nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred about 2.6 million yr ago. The presence of two new H I bubbles associated with SWR 12 and 14, plus a possible one around WR 13, are disclosed from analysis of the H I gas distribution around the four WR star located beyond the Gum nebula. These H I bubbles have characteristics similar to those previously observed. Three shell-like objects probably related to OB stars and H II regions are also described.

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