The creation of the Helix planetary nebula (NGC 7293) by multiple events
arXiv:astro-ph/0504295 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09083.x
Abstract
A deep, continuum-subtracted, image of NGC 7293 has been obtained in the light of the Halpha+[N II] emission lines. New images of two filamentary halo stuctures have been obtained and the possible detection of a collimated outflow made. Spatially resolved, longslit profiles of the Halpha+[N II] lines have been observed across several of these features with the MES combined with the SPM 2.1m telescope; these are compared with the [N II]6584, [O III]5007, HeII 6560 and Halpha profiles obtained over the nebular core. The central HeII emission is originating in a ~0.34pc diameter spherical volume expanding at <=12km/s which is surrounded, and partially coincident with an [O III] emitting inner shell expanding at 12km/s. The bright helical structure surrounding this inner region is modelled as a bi-polar nebula with lobe expansions of 25km/s whose axis is tilted at 37deg to the sight line but with a toroidal waist itself expanding at 14 km/s. These observations are compared with the expectations of the interacting two winds model for the formation of PNe. Only after the fast wind has switched off could this global velocity structure be generated. Ablated flows must complicate any interpretation. It is suggested that the clumpy nature of much of the material could play a part in creating the radial `spokes' shown here to be apparently present close to the central star. These `spokes' could in fact be the persistant tails of cometary globules whose heads have now photo-evaporated completely. A halo arc projecting from the north-east of the bright core has a conterpart to the south-east. Anomolies in the position-velocity arrays of line profiles could suggest that these are part of an expanding disc not aligned with the central helical structure though expanding bi-polar lobes along a tilted axis are not ruled out.
17 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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