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We used the FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) satellite to observe OVI emission along two sightlines towards the edge of the interaction zone (IZ) between the Loop I superbubble and the Local Bubble. One sightline was chosen…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-12 Shauna M. Sallmen , Eric J. Korpela , Hiroki Yamashita

We derive the Mg/H ratio in the Orion nebula and in 30 Doradus. We also derive the O/H and the Fe/O ratios in the extremely metal poor galaxy SBS 0335-052. We estimate the dust depletions of Mg, Si, and Fe in Galactic and extragalactic H II…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Antonio Peimbert , Manuel Peimbert

We use high resolution spectra obtained with FUSE and STIS to obtain interstellar column densities of H I, D I, O I, S II, Fe II and P II toward the QSO HE 0226-4110 ( l = 253.4 deg , b = -65.77 deg). We obtain D/H = 21(+8, -6) ppm.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Blair Savage , Nicolas Lehner , Andrew Fox , Bart Wakker , Kenneth Sembach

Observations of interstellar dust are often used as a proxy for total gas column density $N_\mathrm{H}$. By comparing $\textit{Planck}$ thermal dust data (Release 1.2) and new dust reddening maps from Pan-STARRS 1 and 2MASS (Green et al.…

We present measurements of the column densities of interstellar DI, OI, NI, and H2 made with FUSE, and of HI made with IUE toward the sdO star LSE 44, at a distance of 554+/-66 pc. This target is among the seven most distant Galactic sight…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. D. Friedman , G. Hebrard , T. M. Tripp , P. Chayer , K. R. Sembach

We present a new high signal-to-noise (S/N) observations of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in the Local Bubble and its surroundings. We observed 432 sightlines and obtain the equivalent widths of $\lambda$5780 and $\lambda$5797 \AA\…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Amin Farhang , Habib G. Khosroshahi , Atefeh Javadi , Jacco Th. van Loon

Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe, but its chemistry in the interstellar medium is still not well understood. In order to critically examine the entire oxygen budget, we attempt here initially to estimate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 René Liseau , Kay Justtanont

This paper reports the first study of the O VI resonance line emission (1032, 1038 Angstroms) originating in the Local Bubble (or Local Hot Bubble) surrounding the solar neighborhood. In spite of the fact that O VI absorption within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. L. Shelton

We present a study of the abundances and physical conditions in the interstellar gas toward the heavily reddened star HD 192639 [E_(B-V) = 0.64], based on analysis of FUSE and HST/STIS spectra covering the range from 912 to 1361 A. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Sonnentrucker , S. D. Friedman , D. E. Welty , D. G. York , T. P. Snow

The interstellar abundances of D I, N I, and O I in the local ISM are studied us ing high-resolution spectra of four hot white dwarfs. The spectra of GD 246, WD 2331$-$475, HZ 21, and Lan 23 were obtained with the {\it Far Ultraviolet…

We aim at determining the spatial distribution of the gas and dust in star-forming regions and address their relative abundances in quantitative terms. We also examine the dust opacity exponent beta for spatial and/or temporal variations.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-24 R. Liseau , B. Larsson , T. Lunttila , M. Olberg , G. Rydbeck , P. Bergman , K. Justtanont , G. Olofsson , B. L. de Vries

We report on the abundance of interstellar neutral nitrogen (NI) for 30 sightlines, using data from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NI column densities are derived by measuring the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam G. Jensen , Brian L. Rachford , Theodore P. Snow

In stars, metallicity is usually traced using Fe, while in nebulae, O serves as the preferred proxy. Both elements have different nucleosynthetic origins and are not directly comparable. Additionally, in ionized nebulae, Fe is heavily…

The nature of the Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC) is highly constrained by the combination of in situ heliospheric and line-of-sight data towards nearby stars. We present a new interpretation of the LIC components of the absorption line data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Jonathan D. Slavin , Priscilla C. Frisch

We characterise the relation between the gas and dust content of the interstellar medium towards young stellar objects in the Orion Nebula Cluster. X-ray observations provide estimates of the absorbing equivalent hydrogen column density N_H…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Birgit Hasenberger , Jan Forbrich , Joao Alves , Scott Wolk , Stefan Meingast , Konstantin Getman , Ignazio Pillitteri

We present a comparison of the gas and dust properties of the dense interstellar matter in six nearby star-forming regions (d<500 pc): rho Oph, Cha I, R CrA, IC 348, NGC 1333, and Orion. We measure from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations…

The carbon to oxygen (C/O) abundance ratio is a valuable tracer of star formation history, as C and O enrichment occurs on different timescales. However, measurements based on ultraviolet (UV) collisionally excited lines and those based on…

The study of carbon and oxygen abundances yields information on the time evolution and nucleosynthetic origins of these elements, yet remains relatively unexplored. At low metallicities (12+log(O/H) < 8.0), nebular carbon measurements are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-24 Danielle A. Berg , Evan D. Skillman , Richard B. C. Henry , Dawn K. Erb , Leticia Carigi

We present a detailed and uniform study of oxygen abundances in 155 solar type stars, 96 of which are planet hosts and 59 of which form part of a volume-limited comparison sample with no known planets. EW measurements were carried out for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Ecuvillon , G. Israelian , N. C. Santos , N. G. Shchukina , M. Mayor , R. Rebolo

We report the first Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) measurements of diffuse O VI (lambda,lambda 1032,1038) emission from the general diffuse interstellar medium outside of supernova remnants or superbubbles. We observed a…