High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Planetary Nebulae PM 1-242, PM 1-318 and PM 1-322
Abstract
We have recently confirmed the planetary nebula (PN) nature of PM 1-242, PM 1-318 and PM 1-322. Here we present high-resolution long-slit spectra of these three PNe in order to analyze their internal kinematics and to investigate their physical structure. PM 1-242 is a tilted ring and not an elliptical PN as suggested by direct images. The object is probably related to ring-like PNe and shows an unusual point-symmetric brightness distribution in the ring. PM 1-318 is a pole-on elliptical PN, instead of a circular one as suggested by direct images. PM 1-322 is spatially unresolved and its spectrum shows large differences between the forbidden lines and Hα profiles, with the latter showing a double-peaked profile and relatively extended wings (FWZI ~325 km s-1). These properties are found in other PNe that are suspected to host a symbiotic central star.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- May 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1071/AS09029
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1004.4799
- Bibcode:
- 2010PASA...27..199M
- Keywords:
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- circumstellar matter;
- ISM: jets and outflows;
- planetary nebulae: individual (PM 1-242;
- PM 1-318;
- PM 1-322);
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PASA