Spectrophotometry and Chemical Composition of the Oxygen-poor Bipolar Nebula NGC 6164--5
Dufour, Reginald J.; Parker, Robert A. R.; Henize, Karl G.
United States
Abstract
The paper presents new ground-based and IUE spectrophotometry of several positions in NGC 6164-5 surrounding the Population I Of star HD 148937. Electron temperatures, densities, and abundances are derived for the various positions in the nebula using spectral line information. For all of the regions observed, Ne/H is depleted by an amount comparable to O/H, while S/H and Ar/H have normal values. The results suggest that the nebula consists partly of material ejected from inner shell-burning regions of the Of star. In effect, HD 148937 is older and more advanced than what was previously thought.