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Title: INTERNAL PROPER MOTIONS IN THE ESKIMO NEBULA

Abstract

We present measurements of internal proper motions at more than 500 positions of NGC 2392, the Eskimo Nebula, based on images acquired with WFPC2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope at two epochs separated by 7.695 yr. Comparisons of the two observations clearly show the expansion of the nebula. We measured the amplitude and direction of the motion of local structures in the nebula by determining their relative shift during that interval. In order to assess the potential uncertainties in the determination of proper motions in this object, in general, the measurements were performed using two different methods, used previously in the literature. We compare the results from the two methods, and to perform the scientific analysis of the results we choose one, the cross-correlation method, because it is more reliable. We go on to perform a ''criss-cross'' mapping analysis on the proper motion vectors, which helps in the interpretation of the velocity pattern. By combining our results of the proper motions with radial velocity measurements obtained from high resolution spectroscopic observations, and employing an existing 3D model, we estimate the distance to the nebula to be 1.3 kpc.

Authors:
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  1. Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, 22860 Ensenada, B.C. (Mexico)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22364611
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 798; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; AMPLITUDES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORRELATIONS; DISTANCE; IMAGES; MAPPING; PLANETARY NEBULAE; POTENTIALS; PROPER MOTION; RADIAL VELOCITY; RESOLUTION; SPACE; STAR CLUSTERS; TELESCOPES; VECTORS

Citation Formats

García-Díaz, Ma. T., Gutiérrez, L., Steffen, W., López, J. A., and Beckman, J., E-mail: tere@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: leonel@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: wsteffen@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jal@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jeb@iac.es. INTERNAL PROPER MOTIONS IN THE ESKIMO NEBULA. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/129.
García-Díaz, Ma. T., Gutiérrez, L., Steffen, W., López, J. A., & Beckman, J., E-mail: tere@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: leonel@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: wsteffen@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jal@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jeb@iac.es. INTERNAL PROPER MOTIONS IN THE ESKIMO NEBULA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/129
García-Díaz, Ma. T., Gutiérrez, L., Steffen, W., López, J. A., and Beckman, J., E-mail: tere@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: leonel@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: wsteffen@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jal@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jeb@iac.es. 2015. "INTERNAL PROPER MOTIONS IN THE ESKIMO NEBULA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/129.
@article{osti_22364611,
title = {INTERNAL PROPER MOTIONS IN THE ESKIMO NEBULA},
author = {García-Díaz, Ma. T. and Gutiérrez, L. and Steffen, W. and López, J. A. and Beckman, J., E-mail: tere@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: leonel@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: wsteffen@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jal@astro.unam.mx, E-mail: jeb@iac.es},
abstractNote = {We present measurements of internal proper motions at more than 500 positions of NGC 2392, the Eskimo Nebula, based on images acquired with WFPC2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope at two epochs separated by 7.695 yr. Comparisons of the two observations clearly show the expansion of the nebula. We measured the amplitude and direction of the motion of local structures in the nebula by determining their relative shift during that interval. In order to assess the potential uncertainties in the determination of proper motions in this object, in general, the measurements were performed using two different methods, used previously in the literature. We compare the results from the two methods, and to perform the scientific analysis of the results we choose one, the cross-correlation method, because it is more reliable. We go on to perform a ''criss-cross'' mapping analysis on the proper motion vectors, which helps in the interpretation of the velocity pattern. By combining our results of the proper motions with radial velocity measurements obtained from high resolution spectroscopic observations, and employing an existing 3D model, we estimate the distance to the nebula to be 1.3 kpc.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/129},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22364611}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 798,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}