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Forbidden Lines and Electron Temperatures in Gaseous Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

L. H. Aller  and
S. J. Czyzak
L. H. Aller
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
S. J. Czyzak
Affiliation:
Ohio State University, Columbus
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Electron temperatures of compact gaseous nebulae such as planetaries may be derived from radio-frequency data combined with isophotic contours accurately corrected for resolution effects, from the continuum jump at the Balmer limit and other features of the nebular continuum, and from forbidden line ratios.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , March 1969 , pp. 218 - 219
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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