A High Excitation Wolf-Rayet Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud

1968 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 470 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Sanduleak
2003 ◽  
Vol 115 (813) ◽  
pp. 1265-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Massey ◽  
K. A. G. Olsen ◽  
J. Wm. Parker

1983 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 165-169
Author(s):  
Ian R. Tuohy ◽  
Michael A. Dopita

We present a velocity map of the young oxygen-rich supernova remnant (1E0102.2–7219) in the Small Magellanic Cloud, obtained with the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The velocity structure is complex, and implies a high degree of asymmetry during the Type II supernova explosion. Our data can be modelled geometrically in terms of a severely distorted ring of oxygen-rich ejecta. This result, together with the evidence for expanding rings in similar remnants, suggests non-spherical ejection to be an intrinsic characteristic of Type II supernovae. We have also obtained two-dimensional spectroscopy of the diffuse halo of emission which partially surrounds 1E0102.2–7219. The halo exhibits the high excitation line of HeII λ4686, and is either a fossil HII region created by a UV flash accompanying the supernova, or alternately, is being excited by intense UV radiation from the remnant itself. It is the first clear association of a high excitation region with a supernova remnant.


1982 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 317-320
Author(s):  
Jacques Breysacher ◽  
Anthony F. J. Moffat ◽  
Virpi S. Niemelä

The Wolf-Rayet star HD 5980, which is probably associated with the bright HII region NGC 346 of the Small Magellanic Cloud, was found to be an eclipsing binary by Hoffmann, Stift and Moffat (1978). Breysacher and Perrier (1980) determined the orbital period, P=19.266±0.003d, of the system whose light curve reveals a strongly eccentric orbit (e=0.47 for i=80°). The behaviour of the light curve outside the eclipses shows that we are dealing with a rather complex binary system. An analysis of the spectroscopic data is presented here.


1991 ◽  
Vol 251 (1) ◽  
pp. 51P-53P ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Morgan ◽  
E. Vassiliadis ◽  
M. A. Dopita

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Westerlund

A vast amount of observational data concerning the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds is now available. Many basic quantities (e.g. distances and geometry) are, however, not yet sufficiently well determined. Interactions between the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and our Galaxy have dominated the evolution of the Clouds, causing bursts of star formation which, together with stochastic self-propagating star formation, produced the observed structures. In the youngest generation in the LMC it is seen as an intricate pattern imitating a fragmented spiral structure. In the SMC much of the fragmentation is along the line of sight complicating the reconstruction of its history. The violent events in the past are also recognizable in complex velocity patterns which make the analysis of the kinematics of the Clouds difficult.


2012 ◽  
Vol 537 ◽  
pp. A76 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sturm ◽  
F. Haberl ◽  
W. Pietsch ◽  
M. J. Coe ◽  
S. Mereghetti ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
P K Nayak ◽  
A Subramaniam ◽  
S Subramanian ◽  
S Sahu ◽  
C Mondal ◽  
...  

Abstract We have demonstrated the advantage of combining multi-wavelength observations, from the ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared, to study Kron 3, a massive star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. We have estimated the radius of the cluster Kron 3 to be 2${_{.}^{\prime}}$0 and for the first time, we report the identification of NUV-bright red clump (RC) stars and the extension of the RC in colour and magnitude in the NUV versus (NUV−optical) colour-magnitude diagram (CMD). We found that extension of the RC is an intrinsic property of the cluster and it is not due to contamination of field stars or differential reddening across the field. We studied the spectral energy distribution of the RC stars, and estimated a small range in temperature ∼5000–5500 K, luminosity ∼60–90 L⊙ and radius ∼8.0–11.0 R⊙ supporting their RC nature. The range of UV magnitudes amongst the RC stars (∼23.3 to 24.8 mag) is likely caused by the combined effects of variable mass loss, variation in initial helium abundance (Yini = 0.23 to 0.28), and a small variation in age (6.5-7.5 Gyr) and metallicity ([Fe/H] = −1.5 to −1.3). Spectroscopic follow-up observations of RC stars in Kron 3 are necessary to confirm the cause of the extended RC.


2010 ◽  
Vol 520 ◽  
pp. A85 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Dias ◽  
P. Coelho ◽  
B. Barbuy ◽  
L. Kerber ◽  
T. Idiart

1984 ◽  
Vol 211 (4) ◽  
pp. 895-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nandy ◽  
D. H. Morgan ◽  
L. Houziaux

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