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Discovery of a large and faint nebula at the Triangulum galaxy

Authors :
Roig, Aleix
Infante-Sainz, Raúl
Ardèvol, Judith
Source :
Research Notes of the AAS, 2023, Volume 7, Issue 12, id.265
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We report the discovery of a previously uncatalogued arch-shaped filamentary nebula at the outer part of the Triangulum galaxy (M33) centred at R.A. = 1h34m25s, Dec = +30d20m17s (ICRS). This discovery stems from meticulous observations employing deep exposures of M33, using both H-alpha and [OIII] narrow-band filters. The nebula, designated as "Roig1 Prades Sky", exhibits an H-alpha surface brightness of 23.9 mag/arcsec2. Its sky projected location is 21 arcmin away from the M33 galactic centre towards the southeast direction with an extent of 120 by 440 pc. Deep spectroscopic observations are required to unveil its real nature.<br />Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Research Notes of the AAS, 2023, Volume 7, Issue 12, id.265
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2312.05292
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad12d1