| Issue |
A&A
Volume 518, July-August 2010
Herschel: the first science highlights
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | A62 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913660 | |
| Published online | 03 September 2010 | |
Extinction AV, R towards emission nebulae derived from common upper level Paschen-Balmer hydrogen lines*
IRAM, 300 rue de la Piscine, 38406 Saint-Martin d'Hères, France e-mail: greve@iram.fr
Received:
13
November
2009
Accepted:
5
April
2010
The reddening in and around emission nebulae is characterized by the extinction AV and the ratio R of the absolute-to-selective absorption. Both are usually derived from the photometry of a single star or cluster stars that are associated with an emission nebula. Using the parameterized reddening relation published by Cardelli et al. (1989, ApJ, 345, 245), we show that AV and R can be derived with good precision from the observation of a set of common upper level Paschen-Balmer hydrogen line ratios. The use of common upper level line ratios has the advantage of being nearly independent of the excitation condition of the nebula (ne, Te). The line ratio method can be applied in regions where no stars are available for photometry.
Key words: dust, extinction
© ESO, 2010
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