Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 132, Number 1, October I 1998
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Page(s) | 13 - 20 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998356 | |
Published online | 15 October 1998 |
The kinematics of 867 galactic planetary nebulae*
1
UMR 7550, Équipe Évolution Galactique, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Université, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
2
UMIST, department of Physics, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
Send offprint request to: S. Durand
Received:
18
April
1997
Accepted:
24
March
1998
We present a compilation of radial velocities of 867 galactic planetary nebulae. Almost 900 new measurements are included. Previously published kinematical data are compared with the new high-resolution data to assess their accuracies. One of the largest samples in the literature shows evidence for a systematic velocity offset. We calculate weighted averages between all available data. Of the final values in the catalogue, 90% have accuracies better than 20 km s-1. We use this compilation to derive kinematical parameters of the galactic differential rotation obtained from least-square fitting and to establish the Disk rotation curve; we find no significal trend for the presence of an increasing external rotation curve. We examine also the rotation of the bulge; the derived curve is consistent with a linearly increasing rotation velocity with l: we find km s-1. A possible steeper gradient in the innermost region is indicated.
Key words: catalogues / planetary nebulae / Galaxy (the): kinematics of
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