Issue |
A&A
Volume 416, Number 2, March III 2004
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Page(s) | 623 - 629 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034485 | |
Published online | 27 February 2004 |
On expansion parallax distances for planetary nebulae
Sterrewacht Leiden, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
Corresponding author: mellema@strw.LeidenUniv.nl
Received:
10
October
2003
Accepted:
2
December
2003
The distances to individual wind-driven bubbles such as Planetary Nebulae (PNe) can be determined using expansion parallaxes: the angular expansion velocity in the sky is compared to the radial velocity of gas measured spectroscopically. Since the one is a pattern velocity, and the other a matter velocity, these are not necessarily the same. Using the jump conditions for both shocks and ionization fronts, I show that for typical PNe the pattern velocity is 20 to 30% larger than the material velocity, and the derived distances are therefore typically 20 to 30% too low. I present some corrected distances and suggest approaches to be used when deriving distances using expansion parallaxes.
Key words: shock waves / planetary nebulae / stars: distances / stars: AGB and post–AGB / hydrodynamics / ISM: planetary nebulae: general
© ESO, 2004
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