PPAK integral field spectroscopy survey of the Orion nebula

2006/11/30 by S. F. Sánchez, S. F. Sanchez, N. Cardiel +6 · 47 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Emission nebula #Field (mathematics) #Interstellar medium #Nebula #Orion Nebula #Spectroscopy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066620

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 465(1), 207-217 (EDP Sciences) · 13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publishing in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Abstract

Aims.We present a low-resolution spectroscopic survey of the Orion nebula. The data are released for public use. We show the possible applications of this dataset analyzing some of the main properties of the nebula.

Citations

• Classification parameters for the emission-line spectra of extragalactic objects
• [O iii]/[N ii] as an abundance indicator at high redshift
• A reappraisal of the chemical composition of the Orion nebula based on Very Large Telescope echelle spectrophotometry

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