Planetary nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type central stars -- I. The case of the high-excitation NGC 2371

Abstract

We present the analysis of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 2371 around the [Wolf-Rayet] ([WR]) star WD 0722$+$295. Our Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) Intermediate Dispersion Spectrograph (IDS) spectra, in conjunction with archival optical and UV images, unveil in unprecedented detail the high-ionisation of NGC 2371. The nebula has an apparent multipolar morphology, with two pairs of lobes protruding from a barrel-like central cavity, a pair of dense low-ionisation knots misaligned with the symmetry axis embedded within the central cavity, and a high excitation halo mainly detected in He II. The abundances from the barrel-like central cavity and dense knots agree with abundance determinations for other PNe with [WR]-type CSPNe. We suggest that the densest knots inside NGC 2371 are the oldest structures, remnant of a dense equatorial structure, whilst the main nebular shell and outer lobes resulted from a latter ejection that ended the stellar evolution. The analysis of position-velocity diagrams produced from our high-quality spectra suggests that NGC 2371 has a bipolar shape with each lobe presenting a double-structure protruding from a barrel-like central region. The analysis of the spectra of WD 0722$+$295 results in similar stellar parameters as previously reported. We corroborate that the spectral sub-type corresponds with a [WO1] type.

15 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables; accepted to MNRAS

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