First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302
We present the first results from comprehensive, near-UV-to-near-IR Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) emission-line imaging studies of two young planetary nebulae (PNe), NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. These two objects represent key sources for purposes of understanding PNe shaping processes...
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| author | Joel H. Kastner Jesse Bublitz Bruce Balick Rodolfo Montez Adam Frank Eric Blackman |
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| description | We present the first results from comprehensive, near-UV-to-near-IR Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) emission-line imaging studies of two young planetary nebulae (PNe), NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. These two objects represent key sources for purposes of understanding PNe shaping processes. Both nebulae feature axisymmetric and point-symmetric (bipolar) structures and, despite hot central stars and high nebular excitation states, both harbor large masses of molecular gas and dust. The sweeping wavelength coverage of our Cycle 27 Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/WFC3 imaging surveys targeting these two rapidly evolving PNe will provide a battery of essential tests for theories describing the structural and chemical evolution of evolved star ejecta. Here, we present initial color overlays for selected images, and we highlight some of the first results gleaned from the surveys. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62dfc080e55a4f7aa9e89d78005497782023-11-20T03:51:49ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342020-06-01824910.3390/galaxies8020049First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302Joel H. Kastner0Jesse Bublitz1Bruce Balick2Rodolfo Montez3Adam Frank4Eric Blackman5Center for Imaging Science and Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USASchool of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USADepartment of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USACenter for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USADepartment of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USADepartment of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USAWe present the first results from comprehensive, near-UV-to-near-IR Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) emission-line imaging studies of two young planetary nebulae (PNe), NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. These two objects represent key sources for purposes of understanding PNe shaping processes. Both nebulae feature axisymmetric and point-symmetric (bipolar) structures and, despite hot central stars and high nebular excitation states, both harbor large masses of molecular gas and dust. The sweeping wavelength coverage of our Cycle 27 Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/WFC3 imaging surveys targeting these two rapidly evolving PNe will provide a battery of essential tests for theories describing the structural and chemical evolution of evolved star ejecta. Here, we present initial color overlays for selected images, and we highlight some of the first results gleaned from the surveys.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/8/2/49stars—evolutionstars—winds and outflowsplanetary nebulae |
| spellingShingle | Joel H. Kastner Jesse Bublitz Bruce Balick Rodolfo Montez Adam Frank Eric Blackman First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 Galaxies stars—evolution stars—winds and outflows planetary nebulae |
| title | First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 |
| title_full | First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 |
| title_fullStr | First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 |
| title_short | First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302 |
| title_sort | first results from a panchromatic hst wfc3 imaging study of the young rapidly evolving planetary nebulae ngc 7027 and ngc 6302 |
| topic | stars—evolution stars—winds and outflows planetary nebulae |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/8/2/49 |
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