Bibcode
Corradi, R. L. M.; Villaver, E.; Mampaso, A.; Perinotto, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.324, p.276-280
Fecha de publicación:
8
1997
Revista
Número de citas
27
Número de citas referidas
21
Descripción
Optical imaging and spectroscopy reveal that the ionised region No.252
in the list of Marsalkowa (1974Ap&SS..27....3M), whose photograph is
presented in the ``Atlas of Galactic Nebulae'' by Neckel &
Vehrenberg (1990), is actually a planetary nebula. According to Acker et
al. (1992ESOPN...1....1A), the object should therefore be named as PN
G321.6+02.2. The nebula has the following properties: it is located at
2.0+/-0.5kpc from the Sun, has a bipolar morphology, a giant size
(~4pc!), low densities, a hot (unobserved) central star (T>130000K),
and extreme He and N overabundances (He/H=0.147+/-0.029,
log(N/O)=0.47^+0.20^_-0.38_). The nebula is likely to be in a very
evolved evolutionary stage.