Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae

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2005-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502562v2

Astron.J.130:1558-1573,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in AJ. 42 pages, 7 figures, 8 tables. Some figures were bitmapped to reduce the size. Full paper with

Scientific paper

10.1086/432931

We present the results of high quality long-slit spectroscopy of planetary nebulae (PNe) and HII regions in the two dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A and B, which belong to a small group of galaxies just outside the Local Group. In Sextans A we obtained the element abundances in its only known PN and in three HII regions with the classical Te method. The oxygen abundances in these three HII regions of Sextans A are all consistent within the individual rms uncertainties, with the average 12+log(O/H) = 7.54+/-0.06. The oxygen abundance of the PN in Sextans A is, however, significantly higher: 12+$\log$(O/H) = 8.02+/-0.05. This PN is even more enriched in nitrogen and helium, suggesting a classification as a PN of Type I. In Sextans B we obtained spectra of one PN and six HII regions. Element abundances with the Te method could be derived for the PN and three of the HII regions. For two of these HII regions, which have a separation of only ~70 pc in projection, the oxygen abundances do not differ within the rms uncertainties, with a mean of 12+log(O/H) = 7.53+/-0.05. The third HII region, which is about 0.6 kpc northeast from the former two, is twice as metal-rich, with 12+log(O/H) = 7.84+/-0.05. This suggests considerable inhomogeneity in the present-day metallicity distribution in Sextans B. (Abridged)

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