Galaxies (Jul 2018)

Spectroscopy of Planetary Nebulae with Herschel: A Beginners Guide

  • Katrina Exter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies6030073
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
p. 73

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A brief overview of the Herschel Space Telescope PACS and SPIRE spectrographs is given, pointing out aspects of working with the data products that should be considered by anyone using them. Some preliminary results of Planetary Nebulae (PNe) taken from the Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey (HerPlaNs) programme are then used to demonstrate what can be done with spectroscopy observations made with PACS. The take-home message is that using the full 3D information that PACS spectroscopy observations give will greatly aid in the interpretation of PNe.

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