Published January 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

PB 6 and its central star

  • 1. Computer Sciences Corp., Lanham, MD (USA)
  • 2. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (USA)
  • 3. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (USA)
  • 4. Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA)

Description

It is found that the hot nucleus of the Type I southern planetary nebula PB 6 is a member of the rare class of O VI stars. The blended O VI 3811 + 3834 emission doublet is one of the strongest seen, with an equivalent width (relative to the stellar continuum) of about 400 A. The helium, nitrogen, and carbon abundances are all very high for the core mass and the relations found by Kaler and Jacoby (1990). The Ne/O ratio, at 0.17, is close to the norm found for planetaries, which supports the high O/H, while the S/O is roughly solar. 58 refs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Journal Volume
103
Series
Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac.
Journal Page Range
67-78
ISSN
0004-6280
CODEN
PASPA