Unveiling the Structure of the Planetary Nebula M2-48

López-Martín, L.; Esteban, C.; López, J. A.; Vázquez, R.; Raga, A. C.; Miranda, L. F.; Torrelles, J. M.; Olguín, L.; Meaburn, J.
Bibliographical reference

Ionized Gaseous Nebulae, a Conference to Celebrate the 60th Birthdays of Silvia Torres-Peimbert and Manuel Peimbert, Mexico City, November 21-24, 2000 (Eds. W. J. Henney, J. Franco, M. Martos, & M. Peña) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 12, pp. 168-168 (2002) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

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2002
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Description
The PN M2-48 is formed by three main structures, namely, a bipolar central region (CR), a set of knots tracing a semicircular shell surrounding CR, and two symmetric bow-shocks. CR shows a kinematic structure corresponding to a bipolar shell, with an expansion velocity of =~ 50kms-1. The semicircular shell appears to be expanding at =~ 20kms-1, except in the regions aligned with the bow-shocks, which are interpreted as jet-shell interaction zones at =~ 100kms-1. Finally, the bow-shocks have uncorrected velocities of =~ 80kms-1. An inclination angle of 10^o with respect to the plane of the sky is estimated using simple bow shock models.