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4. Conclusions

We have presented the results of the analysis of tex2html_wrap_inline817 maser spectral features in ON2. We do not exclude the possibility that in some cases close features in radial velocity are superimposed. They may flare consecutively, leading to a drift in radial velocity. However, we do not exclude the existence of real velocity variation of the features under the action of a strong stellar wind or other influence coming for example from the ultracompact HII region tex2html_wrap_inline953.

Anticorrelation in the flux of two features with similar radial velocity in the ON2 tex2html_wrap_inline817 maser is not a rare phenomenon. The anticorrelation was consistent for some pairs of features, excluding only the period of maximum activity in 1995. The different character of the anticorrelation for other features may be due to the complex nature of this phenomenon.

The complicated character of the flux and radial velocity variations of maser features, the dependence between them (anticorrelation) and the radial velocity drift of an ensemble of features all show that these phenomena are

interrelated in ON2. The cause may be that the maser is located near (0.04 pc) to the ultracompact cometary HII region tex2html_wrap_inline953 (Hofner & Churchwell 1996) and follows its action.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the associates of the Radio Astronomical Station of the Lebedev Physical Institute for generously providing observing time at the Pushchino RT-22 radio telescope and for their help during the observations and the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (Project Code 95-02-05087-a) for financial support. We also thank Dr. G.H. Macdonald for a number of comments which led to the improvement of the paper.



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