Bibcode
DOI
Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Muñoz-Tuñón, Casiana; Pérez, Enrique; Maíz-Apellániz, Jesús; Medina-Tanco, Gustavo
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 541, Issue 2, pp. 720-727.
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10
2000
Journal
Citations
19
Refereed citations
18
Description
Several facts regarding the structure of NGC 604 are examined here. The
three main cavities produced by the mechanical energy from massive
stars, which in NGC 604 are spread over a volume of 106
pc3, are shown here to be undergoing blowout into the halo of
M33. High-resolution long-slit spectroscopy is used to track the impact
from massive stars, while Hubble Space Telescope archive data are used
to display the asymmetry of the nebula. NGC 604 is found to be a
collection of photoionized filaments and sections of shells that are in
direct contact with the thermalized matter ejected by the massive stars.
The multiple blowout events presently drain the energy injected by
massive stars, and thus the densest photoionized gas is found almost at
rest and is expected to suffer a slow evolution.