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Gutierrez, L.; Garcia-Diaz, M. Teresa; Steffen, Wolfgang; Lopez, J. Alberto; Beckman, J. E.
Bibliographical reference
IAU General Assembly, Meeting #29, #2256413
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2015
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Description
We present measurements of internal proper motions at more than five
hundred positions of the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), based on images
acquired at two epochs with WFPC2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope
(the two epochs are separated by 7.695 yr). A detailed comparison of the
two observations clearly shows the expansion of the nebula. We measured
the amplitude and direction of the motion of local structures in the
nebula by determining their relative shift during that interval. In
order to assess the potential uncertainties in the determination of
proper motions in this object, in general, the measurements were
performed using two different methods used previously in the literature.
To perform the further scientific analysis we choose the proper motions
inferred from the cross-correlation method. By combining our results of
the proper motions with radial velocity measurements obtained from high
resolution spectroscopic observations, and employing an existing 3D
model, we estimate the distance to the nebula to be 1300 pc.