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titleOptical observations of very low ionization HII regions in the large Magellanic cloud
Full Text URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2060/19870005639
Author(eng)Ruiz, M. T.; Pena, M.; Rubio, M.
Author Affiliation(eng)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Issue Date1986-10-01
Languageeng
DescriptionSeveral very low ionization isolated HII regions were detected on a prism-objective plate of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Most of the objects show a very weak (OIII) lambda 5007 emission line and, on the other hand the (OII) lambda 6584 doublets are very intense. This kind of objects seem to be ideal in order to determine accurate N and O abundance, avoiding the use of large ionization correction factors in the N abundance determination. Spectrophotometric observations of these regions were carried out with the 4 m telescope and the 2-D Frutti spectrograph at Cerro Tololo, and with the 1.52 m and the Image Dissector Scanner (IDS) at La Silla, ESO. The wavelength range lambda lambda 3700 to 7000 A was covered. Calibrated fluxes of the emission lines detected were measured, and from these data preliminary results of physical conditions of the gas as well as some ionic abundances were derived. Comparisons of the observations with ionization structure models show that the effective temperatures of the ionizing stars are less than 35,000 K. Possible abundances gradients across the large megallanic cloud are discussed.
NASA Subject CategoryASTROPHYSICS
Report No87N15072
RightsNo Copyright
URIhttps://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/565573


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