12-μm fine-structure emission line and continuum images of G333.6-0.2

12-μm fine-structure emission line and continuum images of G333.6-0.2

We present high spatial resolution (∼0.8 arcsec) diffraction-limited 12.8-μm Ne II fine-structure emission line and 12.5-μm continuum images of the bright southern compact H II region G333.6-0.2, taken with the mid-infrared imaging polarimeter NIMPOL. The two images show remarkably similar, compact,...

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Main Authors: Fujiyoshi, T, Smith, C, Moore, T, Aitken, D, Roche, P, Quinn, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998
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Summary:We present high spatial resolution (∼0.8 arcsec) diffraction-limited 12.8-μm Ne II fine-structure emission line and 12.5-μm continuum images of the bright southern compact H II region G333.6-0.2, taken with the mid-infrared imaging polarimeter NIMPOL. The two images show remarkably similar, compact, yet asymmetric, flux distributions. The [Ne II] image shows a complex structure near the ionizing source(s) which we interpret in terms of the ionization structure of the H II region. It is found that G333.6-0.2 is more likely to be excited by a cluster of O and B stars than by a single star.

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