Ionized Gas in the Irr Galaxy IC 10: The Emission Spectrum and Ionization Sources
arXiv:1012.2344 · doi:10.1134/S1063773710110039
Abstract
We present the results of observations of the Irr galaxy IC 10 at the 6-m SAO telescope with the panoramic Multi-Pupil Fiber Spectrograph (MPFS). Based on the results of these observations and our long-slit spectroscopy performed previously, we have investigated the ionized-gas emission spectrum in the region of intense star formation and refined the gas metallicity estimates. We show that the "diagnostic diagrams" constructed from our observations agree best with the new improved ionization models by Martin-Manjon et al. Using these models, we have determined the electron density and gas ionization parameter and ionizing-cluster characteristics, the age and mass, from the spectra of the investigated HII regions. The cluster age and mass are shown to be within the ranges 2.5 - 5 Myr and (0.2 - 1)*10^5 M(sun), respectively.
arXiv comment22 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables; the extended version of the paper accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2011)
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