Messier Planetary Nebula Distances
Here we give reported distances for the Messier Planetary Nebulae from various
sources. Unit is in thousands of light-years, kly.
Ours
New Old O'D62 Hynes Ma84 Cahn92 VdS94 Po96 Ha97 NOAO
M27 NGC 6853 1.25 1.25 0.85 0.8 1.3 0.854 1.3 1.17 1.24 0.85
M57 NGC 6720 2.3 4.1 2.20 2.28 2.84 3.26 1.63 2.30 3.00
M76 NGC 650-1 3.4 3.4 1.75 2.41 4.24 2.35 2.50
M97 NGC 3587 2.6 2.6 1.62 2.00 3.88 1.79 2
Sources:
- O'D62
- Charles Robert O'Dell, 1962.
A distance Scale for Planetary Nebulae Based on Emission-Line Fluxes.
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 135, p. 371-384 (03/1962)
- Ma84
- Maciel W., 1984.
A catalogue of distances of planetary nebulae.
Astron and Astrophys Supp, 55, 253.
- Cahn92
- Cahn, J. H.; Kaler, J. B.; Stanghellini, L., 1992.
A catalogue of absolute fluxes and distances of planetary nebulae.
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series , vol. 94, no. 3, Sept. 1992, p.
399-452.
- VdS94
- Van De Steene, G., Zijlstra A., 1994.
On an alternative statistical distance scale for planetary nebulae.
Catalog with statistical distances to planetary nebulae.
Astron and Astrophys Supp, 108, 485.
- Po96
- Pottasch, S.R., 1996.
Local space density and formation rate of planetary nebulae.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 307, p. 561-578.
- Ha97
- Harris, H.C., Dahn, C.C., Monet, D.G., and Pier, J.R., 1997.
Trigonometric parallaxes of Planetary Nebulae.
In H.J. Habing and H.J.G.L.M. Lamers (eds.), Planetary Nebulae.
IAU Symposium No. 180, p. 40-45.
- NOAO
- N.A. Sharp et.al..
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