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We present JWST images of the well-known planetary nebula NGC 6720 (the Ring Nebula), covering wavelengths from 1.6$\mu$m to 25 $\mu$m. The bright shell is strongly fragmented with some 20 000 dense globules, bright in H$_2$, with a…

We have performed a detailed analysis of the electron temperature and density in the the Ring Nebula using the calibrated HST WFC3 images described in the preceding paper. The electron temperature (Te) determined from [N II] and [O III]…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-04 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , W. J. Henney , Manuel Peimbert

The planetary nebula NGC 6720, also known as the ``Ring Nebula", is one of the most iconic examples of nearby planetary nebulae whose morphologies present a challenge to our theoretical understanding of the processes that govern the deaths…

We have been able to compare with astrometric precision AstroDrizzle processed images of NGC 6720 (the Ring Nebula) made using two cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope. The time difference of the observations was 12.925 yrs. This large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , W. J. Henney , M. Peimbert

The iconic planetary nebula (PN) NGC 7027 is bright, nearby (D ~ 1 kpc), highly ionized, intricately structured, and well observed. This nebula is hence an ideal case study for understanding PN shaping and evolution processes. Accordingly,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-04 Paula Moraga Baez , Joel H. Kastner , Bruce Balick , Rodolfo Montez , Jesse Bublitz

We present the results of a comprehensive, near-UV-to-near-IR Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 imaging study of the young planetary nebula (PN) NGC 6302, the archetype of the class of extreme bi-lobed, pinched-waist PNe that are rich in dust and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Joel H. Kastner , Paula Moraga , Bruce Balick , Jesse Bublitz , Rodolfo Montez , Adam Frank , Eric Blackman

We have obtained new velocity-resolved spectra of the [CII] 158 micron line towards the Ring Nebula in Lyra (NGC 6720), one of the best-studied planetary nebulae, in order to probe its controversial 3-dimensional structure and to estimate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Sahai , M. R. Morris , M. W. Werner , R. Güsten , H. Wiesemeyer , G. Sandell

We present the first interferometric imaging of molecular line emission from the Ring Nebula, NGC~6720, in the form of Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of CO $J=2\rightarrow 1$ emission. The SMA $^{12}$CO(2--1) mapping data, with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Joel H. Kastner , David Wilner , Diana Ryder , Paula Moraga Baez , Orsola De Marco , Raghvendra Sahai , Al Wootten , Albert Zijlstra

We present spatially resolved spectroscopic observations of the planetary nebula NGC 6720, the Ring Nebula, taken during the science verification phase of WEAVE, a new instrument mounted on the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma. We use…

We have combined recent Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 images in the [O III] 5007 and [N II] 6583 lines with similar images made 9.557 years earlier to determine the motion of the Ring Nebula within the plane of the sky. Scaled ratio images…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 C. R. O'Dell , W. J. Henney , F. Sabbadin

Although the planetary nebula NGC 6781 appears to possess an elliptical morphology, its kinematic and emission characteristics are in many ways unusual, and it is possible that it may represent a bipolar source oriented close to the line of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-21 J. P. Phillips , Gerardo Ramos-Larios , Martin A. Guerrero

We present the results of narrow-band Halpha+NII imaging of the early-type spiral NGC3593 in combination with a study of the flux radial profiles of the NII (lambda: 654.80, 658.34 nm), Halpha, and SII (lambda: 671.65, 673.08 nm) emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Corsini , A. Pizzella , J. G. Funes S. J. , J. C. Vega Beltran , F. Bertola

The planetary nebula (PN) NGC 5189 around a Wolf-Rayet [WO] central star demonstrates one of the most remarkable complex morphologies among PNe with many multi-scale structures, showing evidence of multiple outbursts from an AGB progenitor.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-11 Ashkbiz Danehkar , Margarita Karovska , W. Peter Maksym , Rodolfo Montez

We performed a detailed photometric analysis and photoionisation modelling on three high excitation multiple shell planetary nebulae: NGC 3242, NGC 6826 and NGC 7662. Archival HST/WFPC2 narrow band filter images were used to investigate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Daniela Barria , Stefan Kimeswenger

We present IZJHKL' photometry of the core of the cluster NGC 6611 in the Eagle Nebula. This photometry is used to constrain the Initial Mass Function (IMF) and the circumstellar disk frequency of the young stellar objects. Optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. M. Oliveira , R. D. Jeffries , J. Th van Loon

We present near-infrared spectroscopy of fluorescent molecular hydrogen (H_2) emission from molecular filaments in the reflection nebula NGC 7023. We derive the relative column densities of H_2 rotational-vibrational states from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Paul Martini , K. Sellgren , Joseph L. Hora

We present new narrow-band filter imagery in H-alpha and [N II] 6584 along with UV and optical spectrophotometry measurements from 1200 to 9600 Angstroms of NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula, a nearby, photogenic planetary nebula of large diameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. B. C. Henry , K. B. Kwitter , R. J Dufour

It has been over 24 years since the iconic Crab Nebula has been visited by the high spatial resolution eye of the Hubble Space Telescope. The expanding nebula is dynamic on these timescales, with many of the outer filaments of the nebula…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-15 William P. Blair , Ravi Sankrit , Dan Milisavljevic , Tea Temim , J. Martin Laming , Patrick Slane , Ziwei Ding , Thomas Martin

While NGC 1514 is an elliptical, but complex, planetary nebula at optical wavelengths, it was discovered to have a pair of infrared-bright, axisymmetric rings contained within its faint outer shell during the course of the WISE all-sky…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-25 Michael E. Ressler , Alba Aller , David Jones , Ryan M. Lau , Luis F. Miranda , Karen Willacy

Herschel PACS and SPIRE images have been obtained of NGC 6720 (the Ring Nebula). This is an evolved planetary nebula with a central star that is currently on the cooling track, due to which the outer parts of the nebula are recombining.…

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