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行星状星云NGC 6302中心恒星的探测

Detection of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula NGC 6302

C. Szyszka, J. R. Walsh, Albert A. Zijlstra, Y. G. Tsamis

摘要:

NGC 6302是目前已知电离度最高的行星状星云之一,其放射物的电离势大于300 eV。中央恒星的温度必须超过200,000 K才能让星云发光,有人建议最高可达400,000 K。由于致密的尘埃和分子盘,中央恒星直到现在还没有令人信服的直接成像。NGC 6302由HST上的宽视场相机3在六个窄带滤波器中成像,作为服务任务4早期释放观测的一部分。中央恒星是第一次被直接探测到,位于倾斜的赤道盘前景一侧的星云中心。中央恒星的星等已经在两个滤波器(F469 N和F673 N)中可靠地测量。假设是热黑体,由(4688- 6766)色测得红变,并确定c=3.1,A_v=6.6等。可以排除G-K主序列二进制伴侣。这颗恒星在HR图上的位置表明,在白矮星冷却轨道附近有一颗相当大的PN中心恒星,质量约为0.64,M_sun。得到了(T,L,t)=(200,000 K,2000L_sun,2200 yr)的演化轨迹的拟合,其中t为星云年龄,但光度和温度仍不确定。模型跟踪预测,这颗恒星正在迅速演变,并以每年近1%的速度衰落。未来的观察可以验证这一预测。

英文摘要:

NGC 6302 is one of the highest ionization planetary nebulae known and shows emission from species with ionization potential >300eV. The temperature of the central star must be >200,000K to photoionize the nebula, and has been suggested to be up to ~ 400,000K. On account of the dense dust and molecular disc, the central star has not convincingly been directly imaged until now. NGC 6302 was imaged in six narrow band filters by Wide Field Camera 3 on HST as part of the Servicing Mission 4 Early Release Observations. The central star is directly detected for the first time, and is situated at the nebula centre on the foreground side of the tilted equatorial disc. The magnitudes of the central star have been reliably measured in two filters(F469N and F673N). Assuming a hot black body, the reddening has been measured from the (4688-6766Å) colour and a value of c=3.1, A_v=6.6 mag determined. A G-K main sequence binary companion can be excluded. The position of the star on the HR diagram suggests a fairly massive PN central star of about 0.64,M_sun close to the white dwarf cooling track. A fit to the evolutionary tracks for (T,L,t)=(200,000K, 2000L_sun, 2200yr), where t is the nebular age, is obtained; however the luminosity and temperature remain uncertain. The model tracks predict that the star is rapidly evolving, and fading at a rate of almost 1 % per year. Future observations could test this prediction.

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