Electron densities of HII regions throughout the NGC 6946 disk

Beckman, J. E.; Cedrés, B.; Giammanco, C.; Bongiovanni, A.; Cepa, J.
Bibliographical reference

Fourth Science Meeting with the GTC (Eds. C. Muñoz-Tuñón & J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 42, pp. 14-15 (2013) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

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2013
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5
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4
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2
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We have used the tuneable filter system of OSIRIS to observe the [SII] doublet lines at λλ617.7 and 673.1 nm in emission across the full face of NGC 6946, and estimated the in situ electron densities for 387 HII regions, so far. The values decline steadily from over 350 cm^-3 at 1/3 R_{25} to around 175 cm^-3 at 2/3 R_{25}.
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