Bibcode
DOI
Sabalisck, Nanci S. P.; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Castaneda, Hector O.; Munoz-Tunon, Casiana
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 444, no. 1, p. 200-206
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5
1995
Journal
Citations
27
Refereed citations
22
Description
Two-dimensional high spatial resoultion Fabry-Perot observations with
TAURUS 2 at the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, over the inner
central regions of NGC 604 in M33, have been obtained. The data show a
large variety of line profile shapes produced over the region. Some
display clear splitting, or strong asymmetries, most likely caused by
the action of strong winds and champagne flows produced by the many
massive stars presently disrupting large sections of the parent cloud.
On the other hand, emission lines arising from the multicore or highest
intensity regions of NGC 604 show well-defined Gaussian profiles with a
typical FWHM of 38.8 km/s in H alpha, implying an intrinsic supersonic
velocity dispersion of 16.5 km/s. This agrees, with observational
errors, with the global integrated line profile of NGC 604. Here we show
that the contribution to the overall line profile from other zones NGC
604 are negligible. They present a much lower intensity and thus, even
if some are fitted with broader Gaussians, they do not contribute
appreciably when compared to the higher intensity lines arising from the
multicore region.