Voyager 2 observations of NGC 7023 - Dust scattering shortward of 1600 A

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...410..714w&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 410, no. 2, p. 714-718.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

42

Cosmic Dust, Reflection Nebulae, Spaceborne Astronomy, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Astronomical Models, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Fluorescence, Light Scattering, Radiative Transfer, Ultraviolet Astronomy

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We report the first observational determination of the nebular-to-stellar flux ratio out to wavelengths as short as 1000 A for the reflection nebula NGC 7023, using a combination of spectroscopic data from Voyager 2 and from the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) on the Astro 1 mission. After accounting for contributions by H2 fluorescence to the nebular flux, the wavelength variation of the ratio of the residual dust scattered flux to that observable from the embedded star is consistent with a reduction of the dust albedo by 25 percent over the wavelength interval 1300-1000 A. This is most easily interpreted, if the particles responsible for the FUV rise in the extinction curve are low-albedo, not necessarily zero-albedo, grains. The direct proportionality between the nebular surface brightness, measured at 22 arcsec offset by HUT, and the nebular flux suggests that the phase function of scattering does not vary in the 2000-1000 A range.

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