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A Radio Search for Galactic Center Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2017

Richard Isaacman
Richard Isaacman*
Affiliation:
Sterrewacht Leiden (The Netherlands) and United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

Abstract

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This review summarizes the techniques and results of a λ21cm and λ6cm search with the Westerbork telescope for planetary nebulae within 2° of the galactic center. After accounting for background sources and compact HII regions it appears that there are ~ 300 planetaries within 300 pc of Sgr A. This is consistent with a galactic population of ~ 21000 and agrees with the birthrate of white dwarfs. The surface density of galactic center planetaries falls off with galactic latitude approximately as b−1 and is best accounted for by a bulge with a mass of 1 X 1010 M⊙.

Type
Section VI: Planetary Nebulae in a Galactic and Extragalactic Context
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 103: Planetary Nebulae , 1983 , pp. 415 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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