We present radial velocities for a sample of 721 planetary nebulae in the disc and bulge of M31, measured using the WYFFOS fibre spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope. Velocities are determined using the [OIII] {lambda}5007 emission line. Rotation and velocity dispersion are measured to a radius of 50arcmin (11.5kpc), the first stellar rotation curve and velocity dispersion profile for M31 to such a radius. Our kinematics are consistent with rotational support at radii well beyond the bulge effective radius of 1.4kpc, although our data beyond a radius of 5kpc are limited. We present tentative evidence for kinematic substructure in the bulge of M31 to be studied fully in a later work. This paper is part of an ongoing project to constrain the total mass, mass distribution and velocity anisotropy of the disc, bulge and halo of M31.
Infrared spectroscopy from 0.8 to 2.5{mu}m is presented for the planetary nebula IC5117. The emission lines of IC5117 span a wide range of ionization that includes He II, [S III], [S II], [N I], and H2. The reddening measured from the hydrogen lines is E(B-V)=0.79, most of which is probably interstellar in origin. The He/H abundance ratio is 0.113+/-0.015, with approximately 10% of the helium being doubly ionized. Using our measurements of [S II] and [S III] lines and published observations of [S IV], we find a sulfur abundance, relative to hydrogen, of N(S)/N(H)=7.8 x 10^-6^, or approximately half the solar value. Fluxes and flux limits for several lines of molecular hydrogen are presented. Measurements of 1-0 transitions, together with the limits on 2-1 transitions, indicate Tvib~Trot=1900K, suggesting a purely collisional excitation mechanism. The ortho-to-para ratio is ~3, a value that is also indicative of collisional excitation. The presence of [C I] {lambda}9850 is consistent with previous studies of IC 5117 that indicated carbon is more abundant than oxygen. IC5117 follows the trend of planetary nebulae that display bipolar outflows and H2 emission to be carbon-rich. We confirm the results of Zhang & Kwok, who reported infrared continuum emission substantially in excess of that produced by the ionized gas. This emission is most likely due to hot dust (T~1300K) and accounts for roughly half of the continuum between 1.5 and 2{mu}m.
Altogether 86 objects discovered in the the period 1991-1994 have been accepted by the author as new PN (Table 1). In appendices A and B to this table the lists of possible pre-PN as well as possible post-PN, respectively, are given. Table 2 presents 56 misclassified objects which we suggest removing from CGPN.
Using Hubble Space Telescope images of 119 young planetary nebulae (PNs), most of which have not previously been published, we have devised a comprehensive morphological classification system for these objects. This system generalizes a recently devised system for pre-planetary nebulae, which are the immediate progenitors of PNs. Unlike previous classification studies, we have focused primarily on young PNs rather than all PNs, because the former best show the influences or symmetries imposed on them by the dominant physical processes operating at the first and primary stage of the shaping process. Older PNs develop instabilities, interact with the ambient interstellar medium, and are subject to the passage of photoionization fronts, all of which obscure the underlying symmetries and geometries imposed early on. Our classification system is designed to suffer minimal prejudice regarding the underlying physical causes of the different shapes and structures seen in our PN sample, however, in many cases, physical causes are readily suggested by the geometry, along with the kinematics that have been measured in some systems. Secondary characteristics in our system, such as ansae, indicate the impact of a jet upon a slower-moving, prior wind; a waist is the signature of a strong equatorial concentration of matter, whether it be outflowing or in a bound Keplerian disk, and point symmetry indicates a secular trend, presumably precession, in the orientation of the central driver of a rapid, collimated outflow.
We observed 64 newly identified galactic bulge planetary nebulae in the radio continuum at 3 and 6 cm with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We present their radio images, positions, flux densities, and angular sizes. The survey appears to have detected a larger ratio of more extended planetary nebulae with low surface brightness than in previous surveys. We calculated their distances according to Van de Steene & Zijlstra (1995A&A...293..541V). We find that most of the new sample is located on the near side around the galactic center and closer in than the previously known bulge PNe. Based on H{alpha} images and spectroscopic data, we calculated the total H{alpha} flux. We compare this flux value with the radio flux density and derive the extinction. We confirm that the distribution of the extinction values around the galactic center rises toward the center, as expected.
La recherche d'objets non references dans le ciel est devenue une activite courante dans le milieu amateur. Les cibles convoitees sont de differentes natures: cometes, etoiles variables, etoiles Be, nebuleuses planetaires (NP)... L'amateur dispose maintenant de nombreuses donnees professionnelles pour realiser ses recherches, mais il lui est encore possible de decouvrir un objet par ses propres moyens, avec son materiel d'observation, a partir de ses images.
