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1999A&A...352..665H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 352, 665-669 (1999/12-2)

The ``Papillon'' nebula: a compact HII blob in the LMC resolved by HST.

HEYDARI-MALAYERI M., ROSA M.R., CHARMANDARIS V., DEHARVENG L. and ZINNECKER H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present high spatial resolution HST imaging of the LMC compact HII region N159-5. This high excitation blob is revealed to be a ``papillon'' or butterfly-shaped ionized nebula with the ``wings'' separated by ∼2.3"/(0.6)pc). Two subarcsecond features resembling a ``smoke ring'' and a ``globule'' are detected in the wings, the origin of which is briefly discussed. N159-5 may represent a new type of HII region in the Magellanic Clouds overlooked so far because of insufficient spatial resolution. Our images also show a strikingly turbulent medium around the Papillon in the giant HII region N159, which manifests itself by a large number of subarcsecond filaments, arcs, ridges, and fronts carved in the ionized gas by the stellar winds from massive stars in the N159 complex.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: Magellanic Clouds - ISM: kinematics and dynamics - ISM: individual objects: N 159-5 - ISM: HII regions - ISM: dust, extinction - stars: early-type

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