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扩展猎户座星云中的散射星云光

Scattered Nebular Light in the Extended Orion Nebula

C. R. O'Dell, W. M. Goss

摘要:

我们结合了327.5兆赫的射电观测和光谱学来研究扩展猎户座星云的条件。我们看到,随着与主要光电离恒星Theta 1 OriC的距离增加,特征会稳步发展。这一进展包括F(H α)/F(H β)比值的降低、散射恒星连续谱相对强度的增加、由[S II]双峰确定的电子密度的降低以及由H β谱线和327.5 MHz射电连续谱得出的发射量度比值的增加。我们的结论是,在Theta 1 OriC以南5'以外,来自星云更明亮的中央惠更斯区域的散射光显着污染了局部发射。这加强了先前的论点,即波长和模型相关的散射的发射线辐射强加了一个根本限制我们的能力,以确定物理条件和丰度在这个和其他类似的银河系星云可以说。对河外HII区研究的影响甚至更为严重。我们证实了早期研究的结果,至少扩展猎户座星云的东部边界是由惠更斯地区的散射光为主。

英文摘要:

We have combined 327.5 MHz radio observations and optical spectroscopy to study conditions in the Extended Orion Nebula. We see a steady progression of characteristics with increasing distance from the dominant photoionizing star Theta1OriC. This progression includes a decrease in the F(Halpha)/F(Hbeta) ratio, an increase in the relative strength of scattered stellar continuum, decrease in electron density determined from the [S II] doublet, and increase in the ratio of Emission Measures derived from the Hbeta line and the 327.5 MHz radio continuum. We conclude that beyond about 5' south of Theta1OriC that scattered light from the much brighter central Huygens region of the nebula significantly contaminates local emission. This strengthens earlier arguments that wavelength and model dependent scattering of emission line radiation imposes a fundamental limit on our ability to determine the physical conditions and abundances in this and arguably other similar Galactic Nebulae. The implications for the study of extra-galactic HII regions are even more severe. We confirm the result of an earlier study that at least the eastern boundary of the Extended Orion Nebula is dominated by scattered light from the Huygens region.

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