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Intertwined Birth and Death: A Herbig–Haro Outflow Resolves the Distance to Vela Junior

  • Authors: Janette Suherli, Ivo R. Seitenzahl, Samar Safi-Harb, Frédéric P. A. Vogt, Wynn C. G. Ho, Parviz Ghavamian, Chuan-Jui Li, Ashley J. Ruiter, Roland M. Crocker, Arpita Roy, Ralph Sutherland

Janette Suherli et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 997 .

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Caption: Figure 7.

Line-ratio diagnostic diagram of [S II]λ6716 / λ6731 versus [N II]λ6548+λ6583 / Hα, comparing MUSE measurements with slow-shock model prediction, computed with LGC abundances in blue lines (top) and nitrogen-rich (WN-like) abundances from J. Suherli et al. (2024) in green lines (bottom). Each panel shows the predicted values for shock velocities of 30–250 km s−1 and preshock hydrogen densities spanning nH = 1–104 cm−3. Black “+” symbols mark the classical HH objects from A. C. Raga et al. (1996), and the inverted colored triangles represent HH knots A–D of Ve 7–27 (as labeled in Figure 2). The hollow red star denotes the CCO nebula; it is shown only for reference as its emission is thought to arise from photoionization rather than shocks.

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