THE GREATLY EXPANDED IUE SPECTRUM OF THE PLANETARY-NEBULA NGC-2371-2 AND ITS CENTRAL STAR

Early IUE low-dispersion SWP and LWR spectra have been reexamined by m eans of refined current data reduction routines. These spectra contain much more information than was reported in 1981. A high-dispersion SW P spectrum was obtained in 1994 from which more than 80 emission and a bsorption features were identified, and log N-e = 3.0 +/- 0.2 cm(-3) w as determined from the C III] F(lambda 1907/lambda 1909) ratio. Electr on densities were also derived from the Si III] F(lambda 1883/lambda 1 892) and dereddened [Ne IV] F[lambda 1602/(lambda 2422 + lambda 2424)] line ratios. The terminal wind velocity of the C IV P Cyg feature was measured from the low- and high-resolution spectra. Approximately 50 of the strongest Fe VI and Fe V photospheric absorptions are identifie d.