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Temperature Variations And N/O In The Orion Nebula From Hst Observations, R. H. Rubin, P. G. Martin, R. J. Dufour, Gary J. Ferland, J. A. Baldwin, J. J. Hester, D. K. Walter Mar 1998

Temperature Variations And N/O In The Orion Nebula From Hst Observations, R. H. Rubin, P. G. Martin, R. J. Dufour, Gary J. Ferland, J. A. Baldwin, J. J. Hester, D. K. Walter

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Using the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS) and the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) on the Hubble Space Telescope, we measured the flux of the N II] (2s2p3 5S2 --> 2s22p2 3P2,1) lines at λvac = 2143.45, 2139.68 Å in the Orion Nebula--the first detection of these lines in an H II region. In order to assess the N+/O+ ratio, we also measured the flux of the [O II] (2p32Po1/2,3/2-->2p34So3/2) lines at λvac …


[Fe Iv] In The Orion Nebula, R. H. Rubin, R. J. Dufour, Gary J. Ferland, P. G. Martin, C. R. O'Dell, J. A. Baldwin, J. J. Hester, D. K. Walter, Z. Wen Jan 1997

[Fe Iv] In The Orion Nebula, R. H. Rubin, R. J. Dufour, Gary J. Ferland, P. G. Martin, C. R. O'Dell, J. A. Baldwin, J. J. Hester, D. K. Walter, Z. Wen

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Using the Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, we measured the flux of [Fe IV] (3d5 4P5/2 --> 3d5 6S5/2) λvac = 2836.56 Å in the Orion Nebula, the first detection of an [Fe IV] line in an H II region. A useful upper limit is set on the sum of fluxes of [Fe IV] (3d5 4D5/2, 3/2 --> 3d5 6S5/2) λvac = 2568.4, 2568.2 Å. By comparing these observations with predicted fluxes from simply ``retrofitting'' our two previous photoionization models, …