Supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and the distance to NGC 4214

Michael A. Dopita; Daniela Calzetti; Jesús Maíz Apellániz; William P. Blair; Knox S. Long; Max Mutchler; Bradley C. Whitmore; Howard E. Bond; John MacKenty; Bruce Balick; Marcella Carollo; Michael Disney; Jay A. Frogel; Robert O'Connell; Donald Hall; Jon A. Holtzman; Randy A. Kimble; Patrick McCarthy; Francesco Paresce; Abhijit Saha; Alistair R. Walker; Joe Silk; Marco Sirianni; John Trauger; Rogier Windhorst; Erick Young

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Supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and the distance to NGC 4214

Michael A. Dopita, Daniela Calzetti, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, William P. Blair, Knox S. Long, Max Mutchler, Bradley C. Whitmore, Howard E. Bond, John MacKenty, Bruce Balick, Marcella Carollo, Michael Disney, Jay A. Frogel, Robert O'Connell, Donald Hall, Jon A. Holtzman, Randy A. Kimble, Patrick McCarthy, Francesco Paresce, Abhijit SahaAlistair R. Walker, Joe Silk, Marco Sirianni, John Trauger, Rogier Windhorst, Erick Young

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We present narrow band, continuum subtracted Hα, [S II], Hβ, [O III] and [O II] data taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope in the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 4214. From these images, we identify seventeen new planetary nebula candidates, and seven supernova remnant candidates. We use the observed emission line luminosity function of the planetary nebulae to establish a new velocity-independent distance to NGC 4214. We conclude that the PNLF technique gives a reddening independent distance to NGC 4214 of 3.19±0.36 Mpc, and that our current best-estimate of the distance to this galaxy ids 2.98±0.13 Mpc.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-131
Number of pages	9
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume	330
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-010-0376-0
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Galaxies: ISM, starburst, structure
ISM: structure, supernova remnants
Stars: planetary nebulae
Supernovae: general

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Dopita, M. A., Calzetti, D., Maíz Apellániz, J., Blair, W. P., Long, K. S., Mutchler, M., Whitmore, B. C., Bond, H. E., MacKenty, J., Balick, B., Carollo, M., Disney, M., Frogel, J. A., O'Connell, R., Hall, D., Holtzman, J. A., Kimble, R. A., McCarthy, P., Paresce, F., ... Young, E. (2010). Supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and the distance to NGC 4214. Astrophysics and Space Science, 330(1), 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-010-0376-0

Dopita, MA, Calzetti, D, Maíz Apellániz, J, Blair, WP, Long, KS, Mutchler, M, Whitmore, BC, Bond, HE, MacKenty, J, Balick, B, Carollo, M, Disney, M, Frogel, JA, O'Connell, R, Hall, D, Holtzman, JA, Kimble, RA, McCarthy, P, Paresce, F, Saha, A, Walker, AR, Silk, J, Sirianni, M, Trauger, J, Windhorst, R & Young, E 2010, 'Supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and the distance to NGC 4214', Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 330, no. 1, pp. 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-010-0376-0

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