Table 6: Element abundances in N88 A & B in the form (12+log[N(X)/N(H)]), derived from spectra obtained with 2 $\hbox {$^{\prime \prime }$ }$ and 4 $\hbox {$^{\prime \prime }$ }$ slit widths.
Name O N Ne Ar S He c(H$\beta $) slit
                ( $\hbox {$^{\prime \prime }$ }$)

N88A $_{\rm av}^{91}$		 $7.98 \pm 0.02$ $6.56 \pm 0.05$ $7.23 \pm 0.04 $ $5.68 \pm 0.04$ $6.36 \pm 0.05$ 10.90 0.65 $2 \times 4$
N88B $_{\rm av}^{91}$ $7.97 \pm 0.04$ $6.49 \pm 0.06$ $7.14 \pm 0.05 $ $ 5.72 \pm 0.06 $   10.93 0.29 $2 \times 4$
N88A97 $7.98 \pm 0.04 $ $6.46 \pm 0.06 $ $7.35 \pm 0.04 $ $5.62 \pm 0.05 $ $6.35 \pm 0.06$ 10.90 0.52 $4 \times 4$
SMC$^{\rm RU}$ $8.03\pm 0.10$ $6.63\pm 0.20$ $7.27 \pm 0.20$ $5.81\pm0.08$   10.91    
SMC$^{\rm D}$ $8.02\pm 0.08$ $6.46\pm 0.12$ $7.22 \pm 0.12$ $5.78\pm0.12$   10.92    
SMC$^{\rm RE}$ 7.96 6.55 7.17 5.72 6.32 10.91    
SMC$^{\rm G}$ 8.0 6.5 7.2 5.9 6.3      
N88A$^{\rm K}$ $8.05\pm 0.08$ $6.59\pm 0.08$ $7.26\pm 0.05 $ $5.69 \pm 0.07$ $6.42\pm 0.11 $ 10.91 0.66 $2 \times 330$
N88A$^{\rm VH}$ 7.89 6.38 6.97 5.66 6.08     1.7
$^{\rm D}$ Dufour et al. (1982), $^{\rm G}$ Garnett (1999), $^{\rm K}$ Kurt et al. (1999), $^{\rm Ru}$ Russell et al. (1990), $^{\rm R}$ Reyes (1999),
$^{\rm VH}$ Vermeij (2002), $_{\rm av}^{91}$ averaged frames from 1991 observations.
97 1997 observations.

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