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We present integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy and self-consistent photoionisation modelling for a sample of four southern Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) with supposed weak emission-line (WEL) central stars. The Wide Field Spectrograph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Hassan M. Basurah , Alaa Ali , Michael A. Dopita , R. Alsulami , Morsi A. Amer , A. Alruhaili

We present integral field unit spectroscopic observations of southern Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe), IC 2501, Hen 2-7, and PB4. The goal of studying these objects together is that, although they have roughly similar intermediate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-05 A. Ali , M. A. Dopita

We present results from a program of optical spectroscopy for 23 nearby galaxy emission-line nuclei. This investigation takes advantage of the spatial resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope to study the structure and energetics of the…

The detection of circumstellar atomic hydrogen (\ion{H}{1}) via the 21\,cm line remains a persistent challenge in planetary nebula (PN) studies, primarily due to contamination from ubiquitous interstellar \ion{H}{1} 21\,cm emission. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Xu-Jia Ouyang , Yong Zhang , Albert Zijlstra , Chuan-Peng Zhang , Jun-ichi Nakashima , Quentin A Parker , Xiao-Hu Li

Near-infrared imaging in the 1 - 0 S(1) emission line of molecular hydrogen is able to detect planetary nebulae (PNe) that are hidden from optical emission line surveys. We present images of 307 objects from the UWISH2 survey of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-05 T. M. Gledhill , D. Froebrich , J. Campbell-White , A. M. Jones

The structure of the dusty circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of proto-planetary nebulae (PPNs) reveals the mass-loss history of these sources and how such histories may differ for elliptical (SOLE) and bipolar (DUPLEX) PPNs. To study the PPN…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Toshiya Ueta , Koji Murakawa , Margaret Meixner

We conducted research on the classification and physical properties of 10 objects from the HASH (Hong Kong/Australian Astronomical Observatory/Strasbourg Observatory H-alpha Planetary Nebula (PN)) database with small angular sizes (<…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 Utkan Temiz , Nazım Aksaker , Aysun Akyuz

Aims. Numerous planetary nebulae show complicated inner structures not obviously explained. For one such object we undertake a detailed 3D photoionization and kinematical model analysis for a better understanding of the underlying shaping…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 K. Gesicki , A. Zijlstra , M. Hajduk , A. Iwanowska , K. Grzesiak , K. Lisiecki , J. Lipinski

We present the results of a systematic search for molecular hydrogen (H2) in low redshift ($ 0.05 \lesssim z \lesssim 0.7$) DLAs and sub-DLAs with $N(HI) \gtrsim 10^{19.0}$ cm$^{-2}$, in the archival HST/COS spectra. Our core sample is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-10 Sowgat Muzahid , Raghunathan Srianand , Jane Charlton

The emission spectra and the ionization structure of the low ionization stages of iron, Fe I--IV, in gaseous nebulae are studied. This work includes: (i) new atomic data: photoionization cross sections, total e-ion recombination rates,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Manuel A. Bautista , Anil K. Pradhan

We present medium-resolution K-band long-slit spectroscopy of 29 true, likely, possible and candidate Galactic Plane planetary nebulae (PNe) from the UWISH2 survey - many of which have only been recently discovered. These objects are bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-09 A. M. Jones , T. M. Gledhill , D. Froebrich , M. D. Smith

The central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) are natural targets for FUSE due to their UV brightness. The FUSE spectra of many PNe show absorption features due to circumstellar material in species ranging from H_2 and neutrals in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Harriet L. Dinerstein , N. C. Sterling , Charles W. Bowers

We compile published spectroscopic data and [O III] magnitudes of almost 500 extragalactic planetary nebulae (PNe) in 13 galaxies of various masses and morphological types. This is the first paper of a series that aims to analyze the PN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Gloria Delgado-Inglada , Jorge García-Rojas , Grazyna Stasińska , Jackeline S. Rechy-García

This paper presents an analysis of the concentration of the hydrogen molecule inside the ionized region of planetary nebulae. The equations corresponding to the ionization and chemical equilibria of H, H+, H-, H2, H2+, and H3+ are coupled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Aleman , R. Gruenwald

ABRIDGED: 2D spectroscopic MUSE data for the whole extent of NGC3132 have been reduced and analised. The dust extinction, electron densities and temperatures of the ionised gas and abundances were determined. The nebula presents a complex…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Ana Monreal-Ibero , Jeremy R. Walsh

Using an [OIII]5007 on-band/off-band filter technique, we identify 109 planetary nebulae (PNe) candidates in M 82, using the FOCAS instrument at the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. The use of ancillary high-resolution HST ACS H-alpha imaging aided…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 L. C. Johnson , R. H. Mendez , A. M. Teodorescu

We present observations of continuum (lambda = 0.7, 1.3, 3.6 and 18 cm) and OH maser (lambda = 18 cm) emission toward the young planetary nebula IRAS 17347-3139, which is one of the three planetary nebulae that are known to harbor water…

Detections of molecular lines, mainly from H2$ and CO, reveal molecular material in planetary nebulae. Observations of a variety of molecules suggest that the molecular composition in these objects differs from that found in interstellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-06-28 Rafael K. Kimura , Ruth Gruenwald , Isabel Aleman

In this paper we describe integral field spectroscopic observations of four southern Galactic Planetary Nebulae (PNe), M3-4, M3-6, Hen2-29 and Hen2-37 covering the spectral range, 3400-7000 A. We derive the ionisation structure, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-04 A. Ali , M. A. Dopita , H. M. Basurah , M. A. Amer , R. Alsulami , A. Alruhaili

Since the last IAU symposium on planetary nebulae (PNe), several deep spectroscopic surveys of the relatively faint optical recombination lines (ORLs) emitted by heavy element ions in PNe and H II regions have been completed. New diagnostic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 X. -W. Liu