Issue |
A&A
Volume 401, Number 2, April II 2003
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Page(s) | L13 - L16 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030260 | |
Published online | 21 March 2003 |
Letter to the Editor
VLT observations of the highly ionized nebula around Brey2*
1
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 17, Bât. B5c, 4000 Liège, Belgium
2
Astronomy Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Corresponding author: Y. Nazé, naze@astro.ulg.ac.be
Received:
6
January
2003
Accepted:
20
February
2003
We present the first high resolution He ii
λ4686 images
of the high excitation nebula around the WR star Brey2 in the LMC.
This nebula presents a striking morphology: a small arc-like feature
some 3.6 pc in radius is particularly prominent in the He ii
λ4686 line. We further discover a previously unknown faint
He ii emission that extends over an area of pc2.
An even fainter He ii emission is apparently associated
with the interstellar bubble blown by the progenitor of Brey2.
The total He ii flux corresponds to an ionizing flux of
photons s-1. Hα, [O iii], and He i
λ5876 images and long-slit spectra are also examined in this
letter, enabling us to investigate the detailed physical properties
at various locations of the nebula.
Key words: stars: individual: Brey2 / ISM: bubbles / ISM: abundances / ISM: supernova remnants
© ESO, 2003
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