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1995A&A...304..475C - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 304, 475-490 (1995/12-2)

The outflow structure of NGC 6537.

CUESTA L., PHILLIPS J.P. and MAMPASO A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present high and low resolution spectroscopy and narrow-band imaging of the unusual bipolar outflow source NGC 6537. As a consequence, we are able for the first time to construct large scale velocity maps of this source; note the presence of strongly variable core outflow densities, rising to a peak value ne∼1.7x104cm–3; find evidence for substantial core ionization stratification; and demonstrate the presence of a spatially extended, intermediate velocity wind extending over a range {DELTA}vI≃700km/s, together with a more tightly constrained component having {DELTA}v≃4400km/s. This latter wind appears co-spatial with the slower, higher intensity core emission, and may be responsible for driving denser clumps of material to a typical velocity vexp∼18km/s. Temperatures appear to vary significantly over the core, from a peak value Te≃1.0x104K close to the nucleus, to ≃0.9x104K for projected radial offsets of 5", whilst extinction is more or less constant, yielding a mean estimate Av≃3.4±0.2mag. Application of a shock outflow model suggests that most of these features are readily explained providing wind mass-loss rates are of order {dot}(M)*∼6x10–8-6x10–7M/yr, and the flow is strongly collimated by an interior disk. In particular, we are able to provide excellent simulations for both the complex kinematics, and unusual bipolar configuration.

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Journal keyword(s): planetary nebulae: individual: NGC 6537 - shock waves - ISM: jets and outflows

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