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The Planetary Nebula in the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2016
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A planetary nebula has been identified near the center of the Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxy. Quantitative spectrophotometry reveals that it is slightly reddened, and belongs to an intermediate-excitation class, with a normal helium abundance. Since the abundances of all 2 to 3 times lower than in the Orion nebula, the material in the nebula which has a mass ≥ 0.1 M probably represents at least a second generation of processed matter. The implications of this conclusion are briefly discussed from the point of view of heavy element enrichment in low mass systems such as Fornax whose mass is 2×107 M. (Paper will appear in The Astrophysical Journal.)
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- Session I: The Distribution of Planetary Nebulae
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