Bibcode
Ramos-Larios, G.; Guerrero, M. A.; Nigoche-Netro, A.; Olguín, L.; Gómez-Muñoz, M. A.; Sabin, L.; Vázquez, R.; Akras, S.; Ramírez Vélez, J. C.; Chávez, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 475, Issue 1, p.932-941
Fecha de publicación:
3
2018
Número de citas
11
Número de citas referidas
11
Descripción
With its bright and wide equatorial waist seen almost edge-on (`the
butterfly body') and the faint and broad bipolar extensions (`the
butterfly wings'), NGC 650-1 is the archetypical example of bipolar
planetary nebula (PN) with butterfly morphology. We present here deep
high-resolution broad- and narrow-band optical images that expose the
rich and intricate fine structure of this bipolar PN, with small-scale
bubble-like features and collimated outflows. A SHAPE spatio-kinematic
model indicates that NGC 650-1 has a broad central torus with an
inclination angle of 75° with respect to the line of sight, whereas
that of the bipolar lobes, which are clearly seen in the
position-velocity maps, is 85°. Large field of view deep images
show, for first time, an arc-like diffuse envelope in low- and
high-excitation emission lines located up to 180 arcsec towards the
east-south-east of the central star, well outside the main nebula. This
morphological component is confirmed by Spitzer MIPS and WISE infrared
imaging, as well as by long-slit low- and high-dispersion optical
spectroscopic observations. Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 650-1
obtained at two different epochs ˜14 yr apart reveal the proper
motion of the central star along this direction. We propose that this
motion of the star through the interstellar medium compresses the
remnant material of a slow asymptotic giant branch wind, producing this
bow-shock-like feature.
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