Hubble Space Telescope-WFPC2/Hα Observations of the Ejected Nebula M1-67

Moffat, Anthony F. J.; Grosdidier, Yves; Acker, Agnès

France, Canada

Abstract

We present HST-WFPC2/Hα deep images of the ejected nebula M1-67. Our data suggest that M1-67 is the imprint of a previous, slow LBV wind ejected from the central star WR124, now a WN8 star. We find evidence that the LBV wind is highly variableand anisotropic. Some dense, persisting clumps have possibly been ejected directly from the stellar surface.

1998 Astrophysics and Space Science
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