Issue |
A&A
Volume 398, Number 3, February II 2003
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Page(s) | 1063 - 1071 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021685 | |
Published online | 28 January 2003 |
The peculiar nebula Simeis 57
I. Ionized gas and dust extinction
1
Sterrewacht Leiden, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
2
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Box 248, Penticton, B.C., V2A 6K3, Canada
3
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Campus Box 389, Boulder, CO 80309-0389, USA
Corresponding author: F. P. Israel, israel@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Received:
11
October
2002
Accepted:
14
November
2002
We present high resolution radio continuum maps of the
Galactic nebula Simeis 57 (= HS 191 = G 80.3+4.7) made at the
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and the Dominion Radio
Astrophysical Observatory at frequencies of 609, 1412 and 1420 MHz.
At optical and at radio wavelengths, the nebula has a peculiar “S”
shape, crossed by long, thin and straight filaments. The radio maps,
combined with other maps from existing databases, show essentially all
radio emission from the peculiar and complex nebula to be thermal and
optically thin. Although neither the distance nor the source of excitation
of Simeis 57 are known, the nebula can only have a moderate electron
density of typically . Its mass is also low, not
exceeding some tens of solar masses. Peak emission measures are 5000 pc cm-6. Obscuring dust is closely associated with the nebula, but
seems to occur mostly in front of it. Extinctions vary from AV =
1.0 mag to AV = 2.8 mag with a mean of about 2 mag. The
extinction and the far-infrared emission at
m are
well-correlated.
Key words: ISM: individual objects: Simeis 57 / ISM: HII regions / radio continuum: ISM
© ESO, 2003
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