Observations of planetary nebulae in the Galactic Bulge

Citation
F. Cuisinier et al., Observations of planetary nebulae in the Galactic Bulge, ASTRON ASTR, 353(2), 2000, pp. 543-556
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
353
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
543 - 556
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200001)353:2<543:OOPNIT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
High quality spectrophotometric observations of 30 Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge have been made. Accurate reddenings, plasma parameters, and abundances of He, O, N, S, Ar, Cl are derived. We find the abundances of O, S, Ar in the Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge to be comparable with the abundances of the Planetary Nebulae in the Disk, high abundances being maybe slightly more frequent in the Bulge. The distribution of the N/O ratio does not present in the Galactic Bulge Pl anetary Nebulae the extension to high values that it presents in the Disk P lanetary Nebulae. We interpret this as a signature of the greater age of Bu lge Planetary Nebulae. We thus find the Bulge Planetary Nebulae to be an old population, slightly more metal-rich than the Disk Planetary Nebulae. The population of the Bulg e Planetary Nebulae shows hence the same characteristics than the Bulge ste llar population.