First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302

Kastner, Joel H.; Bublitz, Jesse; Balick, Bruce; Montez, Rodolfo; Frank, Adam; Blackman, Eric

doi:10.3390/galaxies8020049

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First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302

by

Joel H. Kastner

^1,2,*

,

Jesse Bublitz

²

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Bruce Balick

³,

Rodolfo Montez, Jr.

⁴,

Adam Frank

⁵ and

Eric Blackman

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Center for Imaging Science and Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA

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School of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA

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Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

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Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

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Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Galaxies 2020, 8(2), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020049

Submission received: 2 March 2020 / Revised: 8 April 2020 / Accepted: 10 May 2020 / Published: 15 June 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Workplans II: Workshop for Planetary Nebula Observations)

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We present the first results from comprehensive, near-UV-to-near-IR Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) emission-line imaging studies of two young planetary nebulae (PNe), NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. These two objects represent key sources for purposes of understanding PNe shaping processes. Both nebulae feature axisymmetric and point-symmetric (bipolar) structures and, despite hot central stars and high nebular excitation states, both harbor large masses of molecular gas and dust. The sweeping wavelength coverage of our Cycle 27 Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/WFC3 imaging surveys targeting these two rapidly evolving PNe will provide a battery of essential tests for theories describing the structural and chemical evolution of evolved star ejecta. Here, we present initial color overlays for selected images, and we highlight some of the first results gleaned from the surveys.

Keywords: stars—evolution; stars—winds and outflows; planetary nebulae

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Kastner, J.H.; Bublitz, J.; Balick, B.; Montez, R., Jr.; Frank, A.; Blackman, E. First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. Galaxies 2020, 8, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020049

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Kastner JH, Bublitz J, Balick B, Montez R Jr., Frank A, Blackman E. First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. Galaxies. 2020; 8(2):49. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020049

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Kastner, Joel H., Jesse Bublitz, Bruce Balick, Rodolfo Montez, Jr., Adam Frank, and Eric Blackman. 2020. "First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302" Galaxies 8, no. 2: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020049

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Kastner, J. H., Bublitz, J., Balick, B., Montez, R., Jr., Frank, A., & Blackman, E. (2020). First Results from a Panchromatic HST/WFC3 Imaging Study of the Young, Rapidly Evolving Planetary Nebulae NGC 7027 and NGC 6302. Galaxies, 8(2), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8020049

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