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4. Discussion of individual objects

4.1. tex2html_wrap_inline932 (PK 334-07.1)

This object (He 3-1312) was classified as possible proto-PN in Supplement 1 (Kohoutek 1978) to CGPN (Perek & Kohoutek 1967) and included among PN in Supplement 4 to CGPN (Kohoutek 1993). It appears in SECGPN (Acker et al. 1992) as SaSt 2-12, PN G 334.8-07.4. There it is of stellar diameter, but recently Schwarz et al. (1992) found two condensations visible through tex2html_wrap_inline942 filter (and not visible through [OIII] 5007 Å\ filter) having a separation of about 12 arcsec and lying symmetrical to the centre (to the star). We confirm this observation (Fig. 1 (click here)) and present the picture of this nebula showing the central object and two condensations. May be the condensations (Table 3 (click here)) are part of a faint outer envelope. The higher brightness in the vicinity of the star may also be an instrumental reflection. The nature of this "faint nebulosity" near the star cannot be recognized according to our frames.

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Figure 1: tex2html_wrap_inline816 in the light of tex2html_wrap_inline814 with two condensations tex2html_wrap_inline842 (PA tex2html_wrap_inline950) apart; exp. 30 s

Besides, tex2html_wrap_inline816 belongs to objects where the image is larger than those of stars, which fact we interpret with the presence of a nebulosity. This inner nebula of about tex2html_wrap_inline954 arcsec is very small, but reliable as we hope; its diameter is nearly the same in tex2html_wrap_inline814 (4 frames) and in [OIII] 5007 Å (2 frames).

4.2. H 2-2 (PK 351+03.1)

Rejected from SECGPN as symbiotic star. Our frames show H 2-2 stellar in tex2html_wrap_inline814, but elongated in y direction in [OIII] 5007 Å\ (1.4 arcsec, PA about tex2html_wrap_inline970), which may be caused by condensations or loops (Fig. 2 (click here)).

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Figure: H 2-2 in the light of [OIII] 5007 Å elongated in PA tex2html_wrap_inline970; exp. 60 s

4.3. tex2html_wrap_inline978 (PK 332-9.1)

Included among PN in Supplement 5 to CGPN (Kohoutek 1996). It appears in SECGPN as He 3-1333, PN G 332.9-09.9, stellar appearance. Small optical nebulosity of tex2html_wrap_inline986 arcsec, PA tex2html_wrap_inline988, was found (Kohoutek 1995) as well as its being nearly identical with the speckle infrared observations of dust emission features at tex2html_wrap_inline990 (Roche et al. 1986). This optical nebulosity was now confirmed using all existing frames.

4.4. Hb 6 (PK 7+01.1)

In SECGPN under 007.2+01.8; optical diameter 5 arcsec from Cahn & Kaler (1971). The variability of this object (= AS Sgr) is probably of instrumental origin (Arhipova 1973), the central star is unknown. Hb 6 has been chosen as a standard nebula in order to compare our measured dimension with that given in the literature. The derived nebular diameter (see Table 3 (click here)) is somewhat smaller than that used by Cahn & Kaler. Besides, the diameter measured in the light of [OIII] 5007 Å\ and in B-system is smaller than that in tex2html_wrap_inline814, which can be explained by the stratification effect. A large nearly circular halo (Table 3 (click here)) of about 50 arcsec has been found in tex2html_wrap_inline814.

4.5. IC 4997 (PK 58-10.1)

In SECGPN under 058.3-10.9; optical diameter 1.6 arcsec from Cahn & Kaler (1971). The measured nebular diameter (Table 3 (click here)) of this standard object is again somewhat smaller than that given in the literature.

4.6. Possible nebulae

On the frames the objects MWC 560, MWC 574, tex2html_wrap_inline838 and HR Del are somewhat larger than the surrounding stars, but their nebulae, if any, are extremely small (and the errors large), so that they should be concidered as uncertain. The most promising of them is tex2html_wrap_inline838 with the smallest mean errors. As to HR Del the nebulosity in [OIII] 5007 Å was already reported (see e.g. Kohoutek 1981). For the year 1995 the nebulosity was expected to be larger than that we observed, so that we think that our small values are either due to the low brightness of the nebula relative to the very bright star in the centre, or that we see only the brightest part of the nebula.


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