Abstract

Measurements of line intensities over a spectral range generally as great as 1300 Å to 11,000 Å have been made in four positions in the Ring Nebula and eight positions in NGC 7009. Ionic abudances determined from optical and UV lines are in good agreement, except that the C 2+ abundance inferred from the optical 4267 Å recombination line is as much as 10 times higher than that measured from the 1906, 1909 Å CIII) lines. In both nebulae, this discrepancy is greatest nearest the central star. At the present time the most attractive explanation seems to be that the 4267 Å line is affected by resonance fluorescence due to light from central stars of planetaries.

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