H-alpha Emission from High-velocity Clouds and their Distances

Date

2003

Authors

Putman, Mary E
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Veilleux, Sylvain
Gibson, Bradley K
Freeman, Kenneth
Maloney, P

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present deep Ha spectroscopy toward several high-velocity clouds (HVCs), which vary in structure from compact HVCs (CHVCs) to the Magellanic Stream. The clouds range from being bright (∼640 mR) to having upper limits on the order of 30-70 mR. The Hα

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Keywords: Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: individual (Magellanic Stream); Galaxies: ISM; Galaxy: halo; Intergalactic medium

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31