Angular dimensions of planetary nebulae

Details Angular dimensions of planetary nebulae Angular dimensions of planetary nebulae

2003-04-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0304433v1

Astron.Astrophys. 405 (2003) 627-638

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 figures, 2 tables

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20030645

We have measured angular dimensions of 312 planetary nebulae from their images obtained in Halpha (or Halpha + [NII]). We have applied three methods of measurements: direct measurements at the 10% level of the peak surface brightness, Gaussian deconvolution and second-moment deconvolution. The results from the three methods are compared and analysed. We propose a simple deconvolution of the 10% level measurements which significantly improves the reliability of these measurements for compact and partially resolved nebulae. Gaussian deconvolution gives consistent but somewhat underestimated diameters compared to the 10% measurements. Second-moment deconvolution gives results in poor agreement with those from the other two methods, especially for poorly resolved nebulae. From the results of measurements and using the conclusions of our analysis we derive the final nebular diameters which should be free from systematic differences between small (partially resolved) and extended (well resolved) objects in our sample.

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