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arxiv: astro-ph/0602369 · v1 · pith:CXNGVMKZnew · submitted 2006-02-16 · 🌌 astro-ph

Integral Field Spectroscopy of a peculiar Supernova Remnant MF16 in NGC6946

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keywords emissionmf16nebulangc6946peculiarremnantsourcesupernova
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We present a study of a peculiar Supernova Remnant MF16, associated with the Ultraluminous X-ray Source (ULX) NGC6946 ULX-1. Observations were taken with the MultiPupil Fiber Spectrograph (MPFS) with 6-m telescope on January 2005. The nebula is found to be highly asymmetric, one of the parts being much denser and colder. The two-component structure of the emission lines and radial velocity gradient argue for a non-spherical nebula, expanding with a velocity of about 100 km/s. Neither shock models nor the X-ray emission can adequately explain the actual emission line spectrum of MF16, so we suggest an additional ultraviolet source with a luminosity of about 10E40 erg/s. We confirm coincidence of the ULX with the central star, and identify radio emission observed by VLA with the most dense part of the nebula.

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