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The FUSE Spectrum of PG 0804+761: A Study of Atomic and Molecular Gas in the Lower Galactic Halo and Beyond

  • Authors: Philipp Richter, Blair D. Savage, Bart P. Wakker, Kenneth R. Sembach, and Peter M. W. Kalberla

Richter et al. 2001 The Astrophysical Journal 549 281.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 3.

Continuum normalized interstellar absorption profiles for PG 0804+761 are plotted against LSR velocity. They include absorption from molecular hydrogen and atomic species at low and high ionization states. The individual profiles are labeled within each box. Local Galactic absorption is seen at ﹩0﹩ km s﹩^{-1}﹩; absorption associated with the LLIV Arch appears at −55 km s﹩^{-1}﹩. Both velocities are marked with dotted lines. The O VI absorption line (upper right box) shows absorption at velocities as negative as −110 km s﹩^{-1}﹩. At the top of the left panel we show the Effelsberg H I 21 cm emission temperature profile (Wakker et al. 2001; ﹩9\farcm 1﹩ beam) and the relation between LSR velocity and Galactocentric distance, ﹩R_{\mathrm{G}\,}﹩, for corotating gas and a flat Galactic rotation curve with Θ(﹩R_{\mathrm{G}\,}\geq 8.5﹩ kpc﹩) =220﹩ km s﹩^{-1}﹩. Regions blended by other lines are labeled "b."

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