Bibcode
DOI
Guerrero, Martin A.; Stranghellini, Letizia; Manchado, A.
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 444, no. 1, p. L49-L52
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5
1995
Journal
Citations
20
Refereed citations
16
Description
In the framework of the morphological survey of northern sky planetary
nebulae, in progress at the IAC we investigate in detail those nebulae
that show peculiarities or that have not been studied before. By means
of narrowband imaging and accurate two-dimensional spectroscopy we
analyzed the peculiar nebula M1-75. Its morphology is very complex,
consisting of two contiguous shells, surrounded by two previously
undetected fainter lobes. Detailed plasma analysis showed an extreme
nitrogen enrichment in the outmost shell (N/O = 2.85), as well as high
helium abundance (He/H = 0.18), making this object a good candidate for
peculiar stellar evolutionary paths. The detected abundances for heavy
elements are among the highest ever detected in a galactic planetary
nebulae.