Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...302..727j&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 302, March 15, 1986, p. 727-736.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
72
Astronomical Spectroscopy, Halos, Planetary Nebulae, Charge Coupled Devices, Electron Density (Concentration), H Ii Regions, Reflection Nebulae, Stellar Winds, Visible Spectrum
Scientific paper
Preliminary results of a CCD survey designed to detect and investigate faint halos around planetary nebulae are reported. A TI 800 x 800 pixel CCD was used to take deep exposures of 44 planetary nebulae. The exposures were obtained through an H-alpha filter at the Cassegrain focus of the Palomar 1.5 m telescope. Spatial resolutions of 1 to 2 arcsec were obtained across 400 arcsec wide fields. The images, which are in many cases considerably deeper than any previously taken, reveal numerous planetary nebula halos. About two-thirds of the studied nebulae possess extensive outer halos, here defined as any extended emission beyond the 10 percent isophote. Ionized sulphur electron density measurements show that in some nebulae, the mass in the halo is comparable to the mass contained in the primary H II region. The data have been used to place constraints on the mode of origin of the halos. It is likely that the halos originate either by dynamical separation of a single ejected shell of gas or by the ejection of two or more such shells from the central star. It is possible but less likely that the halos are caused by excitation of the preplanetary stellar wind and improbable that the halos represent reflection nebulae.
Danielson Edward G.
Jewitt David C.
Kupferman P. N.
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