Supernova remnants, planetary nebulae and the distance to NGC 4214

Michael A. Dopita, Daniela Calzetti, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, William P. Blair, Knox S. Long, Max Mutchler, Bradley C. Whitmore, Howard E. Bond, John MacKenty, Bruce Balick, Marcella Carollo, Michael Disney, Jay A. Frogel, Robert O'Connell, Donald Hall, Jon A. Holtzman, Randy A. Kimble, Patrick McCarthy, Francesco Paresce, Abhijit SahaAlistair R. Walker, Joe Silk, Marco Sirianni, John Trauger, Rogier Windhorst, Erick Young

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Abstract

We present narrow band, continuum subtracted Hα, [S II], Hβ, [O III] and [O II] data taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope in the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 4214. From these images, we identify seventeen new planetary nebula candidates, and seven supernova remnant candidates. We use the observed emission line luminosity function of the planetary nebulae to establish a new velocity-independent distance to NGC 4214. We conclude that the PNLF technique gives a reddening independent distance to NGC 4214 of 3.19±0.36 Mpc, and that our current best-estimate of the distance to this galaxy ids 2.98±0.13 Mpc.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)123-131
Number of pages9
JournalAstrophysics and Space Science
Volume330
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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