Astronomy:Mz 1
| Emission nebula | |
|---|---|
| Planetary nebula | |
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| Observation data: J2000 epoch | |
| Right ascension | 15h 34m 17.002s[1] |
| Declination | −59° 09′ 09.05″[1] |
| Distance | 3,400 ± 500 ly (1,050 ± 150 pc)[2] ly |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.0[3] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 76″[2] × 23″[3] |
| Constellation | Norma |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Radius | 0.63 ± 0.09 ly[a] ly |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | 1.9 ± 0.3[b] |
| Designations | ESO 135-11[1] |
Mz 1 (Menzel 1), is a bipolar planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Norma.
Characteristics
Menzel 1 is a bright planetary nebula that has a prominent central ring of enhanced emission. One model of its structure is a three-dimensional hour-glass shape with a smoothly decreasing density starting from the waist or equator as measured outwardly to the poles. It is radially expanding at a rate of about 23 km/s and estimated to be around 4,500 to 10,000 years old and has its polar axis oriented at an angle of around 40° from the plane of the sky. Its central star is estimated to have a mass of 0.63 ± 0.05 M☉. In 1992 Schwarz, Corradi, & Melnick published narrow band images of Mz 1 in Hα and [OIII].[4] H2 emission was observed in Mz 1 by Webster, Payne, Storey, Dopita (1988). However, despite its relative brightness, Mz 1 has only been studied in a few papers (Monteiro Schwarz).
History
Mz 1 was discovered by Donald Howard Menzel in 1922. (Menzel 1922)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SIMBAD 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Monteiro et al. 2005
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gottlieb & Wallace 2005
- ↑ "A catalogue of narrow band images of planetary nebulae". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 93 (1): 23–113. November 1992. Bibcode: 1992A&AS...96...23S.
References
- Gottlieb, Steve; Wallace, Kent (July 15, 2005), "Results for Mz 1", Doug Snyder's Planetary Nebulae Web Site (Doug Snyder), archived from the original on February 6, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20120206042522/http://www.blackskies.org/reports05.htm (archive)
- Menzel, D. N. (1922), "Five new planetary nebulae", Harvard Bulletin 177: 0, Bibcode: 1922BHarO.777....0M
- Monteiro, Hektor; Schwarz, Hugo E.; Gruenwald, Ruth; Guenthner, Katherine; Heathcote, Steve R. (2005), "Three-Dimensional Photoionization Structure and Distances of Planetary Nebulae. II. Menzel 1", Astrophysical Journal 620 (1): 321–329, doi:10.1086/426809, Bibcode: 2005ApJ...620..321M
- SIMBAD (January 11, 2007), Results for PN Mz 1, SIMBAD, Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=PN+Mz+1
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