J/ApJ/703/894 PNe in 5 nearby galaxies (Herrmann+, 2009)
Planetary nebulae in face-on spiral galaxies.
II. Planetary nebula spectroscopy.
Herrmann K.A., Ciardullo R.
<Astrophys. J. 703, 894 (2009)>
=2009ApJ...703..894H 2009ApJ...703..894H
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, nearby ; Planetary nebulae ; Spectroscopy
Keywords: galaxies: individual (IC 342, NGC 628, NGC 5236, NGC 4736, NGC 5457) -
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: spiral -
planetary nebulae: general
Abstract:
As the second step in our investigation of the mass-to-light ratio of
spiral disks, we present the results of a spectroscopic survey of
planetary nebulae (PNe) in five nearby, low-inclination galaxies:
IC 342, M74 (NGC 628), M83 (NGC 5236), M94 (NGC 4736), and M101
(NGC 5457). Using 50 setups of the WIYN/Hydra and Blanco/Hydra
spectrographs, and 25 observations with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope's
Medium Resolution Spectrograph, we determine the radial velocities of
99, 102, 162, 127, and 48 PNe, respectively, to a precision better
than 15km/s. Although the main purpose of this data set is to
facilitate dynamical mass measurements throughout the inner and outer
disks of large spiral galaxies, our spectroscopy has other uses as
well. Here, we co-add these spectra to show that, to first order, the
[OIII] and Balmer line ratios of PNe vary little over the top ∼1.5mag
of the PN luminosity function.
Description:
Our Hydra spectroscopy in the north was performed with the 3.5m WIYN
telescope at Kitt Peak during six separate runs between 2003 March and
2007 November. For our southern (M83) observations, we used the
version of Hydra on the CTIO 4m Blanco telescope. Finally, to
supplement our Hydra observations, we targeted some of the M101 PNe
with the Medium Resolution Spectrograph of the queue-scheduled HET.
Objects:
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RA (2000) DE Designation(s)
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03 46 49.1 +68 05 47 IC 342 = UGC 2847
14 03 12.5 +54 20 53 M101 = NGC 5457
01 36 41.8 +15 47 00 M74 = NGC 628
13 37 00.8 -29 51 59 M83 = NGC 5236
12 50 52.6 +41 07 09 M94 = NGC 4736
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File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table4.dat 131 774 Planetary nebula identifications
table6.dat 52 19 NGC 5068 planetary nebula candidates
table7.dat 47 71 NGC 6946 planetary nebula candidates
IC342/* . 111 Spectra of IC 342 planetary nebulae, as fits files
M74/* . 118 Spectra of M 74 planetary nebulae, as fits files
M83/* . 209 Spectra of M 83 planetary nebulae, as fits files
M94/* . 138 Spectra of M 94 planetary nebulae, as fits files
M101/* . 64 Spectra of M 101 planetary nebulae, as fits files
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See also:
V/127 : MASH Catalogues of Planetary Nebulae (Parker+ 2006-2008)
J/ApJS/38/351 : M31 planetary nebulae (Ford+, 1978)
J/ApJ/479/231 : PNe in M51, M96 + M101 (Feldmeier+ 1997)
J/ApJ/492/62 : M87 planetary nebulae (Ciardullo+, 1998)
J/A+A/336/667 : PN abundances in five galaxies (Stasinska+ 1998)
J/ApJ/577/31 : PNe in six galaxies (Ciardullo+, 2002)
J/ApJ/635/290 : PNe and stellar kinematics in NGC1344 (Teodorescu+, 2005)
J/AJ/131/2089 : Planetary nebulae in NGC 3379 and NGC 3384 (Sluis+, 2006)
J/ApJ/657/76 : Planetary nebula candidates in 3 galaxies (Feldmeier+, 2007)
J/ApJ/664/257 : NGC 3379 planetary nebula catalog (Douglas+, 2007)
J/ApJS/175/522 : Catalog of PNe in NGC 4697 (Mendez+, 2008)
J/A+A/495/447 : PN and HII regions in NGC6822 (Hernandez-Martinez+, 2009)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table[467].dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- ID Source identification (1)
12- 13 I2 h RAh Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
15- 16 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
18- 22 F5.2 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
24 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
25- 26 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
28- 29 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
31- 34 F4.1 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
36- 40 F5.2 mag m5007 The [O III] (5007) emission line magnitude
42 A1 --- l_R Limit flag on R
44- 47 F4.2 --- R ? I(λ5007)0/I(Hα+[N II])0 ratio
49- 52 F4.2 --- e_R ? The 1σ error in R
54- 57 A4 --- n_R ? Type of R value given (L, Phot, Spect)
59 I1 --- Ntrg ? Number of Hydra+MRS setups where PN was targeted
61 I1 --- Ndet ? Number of Hydra+MRS setups where PN was detected
63- 68 F6.1 km/s RV ? Radial velocity
70- 73 F4.1 km/s e_RV ? The 1σ error in RV
75- 77 A3 --- Rem Remarks (2)
79-104 A26 --- File Name of the FITS file of the spectrum
106-131 A26 --- File2 Name of the second FITS file of the spectrum
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Note (1): Names as IC 342-NNN, M101-NNN, M74-NNN, M83-NNN and M94-NNN
Note (2): Notes as follows:
C = Emission line is a blend of multiple components, dominated by a
low-excitation contaminant
D = PN first measured by Douglas et al. (2000MNRAS.316..795D 2000MNRAS.316..795D)
H = Spectrum likely that of a nearby H II region
P = Emission line is a blend of multiple components, dominated by the PN
S = Emission line blend: velocity obtained by subtracting off the
low excitation component
U = Not part of our analysis: σv>15km/s
X = Velocity and uncertainty derived from xcsao
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Acknowledgements:
Kim Herrmann, herrmann(at)lowell.edu
(End) Francois Ochsenbein [CDS] 18-Aug-2009