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OBSERVATIONS
The spectra presented here were obtained on UT 1989 November 28-December 1 and 1991 January 19 on the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, using the facility 7-element grating spectrometer of that time, CGS2. The sky was viewed through a roughly circular field, in RA and declination. Observations were obtained by sky-chopping at a few tenths of a Hertz on reference positions 120'' from the source.
J (1.25m), H (1.65m) and K (2.2m) band spectra were obtained at the positions of two bright H emission filaments in the north (+33'', +105'') and south (-11'', -78'') of the source. Offsets are from HD 37903 at (B1950). The J-band data for (+33'', +105'') were obtained during the 1991 observations and the other data during the 1989 run. J and H band measurements employed a 633 lines/mm grating used in first order for J and second order for H, and a 300 lines/mm grating used in second order for K. The spectral resolutions were 0.0041m, 0.0039m and 0.0098m for J, H and K bands, respectively.
Between 1.38-1.43m and 1.80-1.94m there is severe atmospheric absorption of the radiation. To check consistency of the measurements either side of these wavebands the J and H band spectra were overlapped near 1.5m and a few bright H lines in the H and K bands were simultaneously measured with the 633 lines/mm grating. These flux checks indicated that flux calibrations between bands were consistent with one another to within 20% and that none of the J, H or K band spectra needed rescaling.
Absolute wavelength calibration and spectral resolution were determined from spectra of an Argon lamp. The H lines are completely unresolved at our resolution, their FWHM being < 16km (Burton et al. 1990a). Rest wavelengths for the H lines were computed from the energy level determinations of Dabrowski (1984). We estimate the error in absolute wavelength calibration to be less than one third of a resolution element.
Absolute fluxes were determined by comparison with observations of the star BS 1543 (spectral type F6V, apparent magnitudes J=2.35, H=2.15 and K=2.07), obtained adjacent in time to the NGC 2023 observations. We adopted a blackbody temperature of 6,100K and zero-magnitude flux densities of ergm at 1.25m, 1.65m and 2.2m, respectively, to determine the flux density of the calibrator at the wavelength of each line (Oke & Schild, 1970; Kurucz, Peytremann & Avrett, 1974). Brackett and Paschen series absorption lines in its spectrum were artificially removed prior to division by it.
Line 1-0 Q(1) Intensities have been corrected for atmospheric transmission (see text), but not for extinction.
E Line Intensity Column Density (m) (K) (-11'', -78'') (+33'', +105'') (-11'', -78'') (+33'', +105'') erg sr 2.406594 6149 31.3 (2.2) 8.0 (1.0) 111.0 (7.8) 28.5 (3.6) 1-0 Q(3) 2.423731 6951 12.5 (1.1) 4.2 (0.8) 68.9 (6.1) 23.1 (4.4) 1-0 Q(4) 2.437491 7584 4.8 (1.0) 2.4 (0.6) 28.1 (6.0) 13.8 (3.7) 1-0 S(0) 2.223299 6471 8.2 (0.7) 3.5 (0.4) 45.7 (3.8) 19.5 (2.1) 1-0 S(1) 2.121831 6951 18.1 (1.5) 6.6 (0.7) 70.0 (5.8) 25.6 (2.6) 1-0 S(2) 2.033756 7584 7.1 (0.8) 3.5 (0.4) 22.6 (2.6) 11.3 (1.4) 1-0 S(8) 1.714660 14220 0.9 (0.3) <0.9 4.2 (1.2) < 4.2 2-0 O(3) 1.335422 11789 3.1 (0.6) 1.4 (0.3) 16.2 (3.0) 7.4 (1.6) 2-0 Q(1) 1.238343 11789 2.7 (0.7) 1.9 (0.5) 11.0 (2.9) 7.5 (1.9) 2-0 Q(3) 1.247324 12550 2.2 (0.6) 0.9 (0.3) 13.3 (3.5) 5.6 (1.8) 2-0 S(1) 1.162223 12550 2.8 (0.7) 1.7 (0.5) 10.7 (2.7) 6.6 (1.9) 2-0 S(2) 1.138238 13150 2.7 (0.7) 1.6 (0.5) 8.0 (2.2) 4.8 (1.4) 2-0 S(4) 1.099817 14764 2.2 (0.7) <1.0 4.9 (1.7) < 2.2 2-1 S(1) 2.247721 12550 6.4 (0.6) 4.4 (0.5) 18.1 (1.7) 12.5 (1.3) 2-1 S(2) 2.154225 13150 3.0 (0.5) 1.6 (0.4) 7.3 (1.1) 3.8 (0.9) 3-1 S(1) 1.232986 17818 3.5 (0.8) 1.8 (0.4) 5.7 (1.3) 2.9 (0.7) 3-1 S(4) 1.167158 19911 1.9 (0.5) 1.2 (0.4) 2.0 (0.5) 1.2 (0.4) 3-1 S(7) 1.130405 23069 2.0 (0.6) 1.6 (0.6) 1.9 (0.6) 1.5 (0.6) 3-2 S(1) 2.386447 17818 2.7 (0.7) 1.6 (0.5) 8.1 (2.1) 4.6 (1.4) 3-2 S(2) 2.287026 18386 1.0 (0.4) 0.9 (0.3) 2.6 (1.0) 2.4 (0.8) 4-2 O(3) 1.509865 22079 2.5 (0.4) 2.2 (0.5) 3.1 (0.5) 2.8 (0.6) 4-2 S(2) 1.284625 23295 2.4 (0.6) 1.1 (0.3) 2.1 (0.5) 1.0 (0.3) 4-2 S(5) 1.226300 25623 2.5 (0.6) 1.0 (0.3) 1.7 (0.4) 0.7 (0.2) 4-3 S(3) 2.344479 23955 0.9 (0.6) 0.6 (0.4) 3.0 (1.8) 1.8 (1.3) 5-3 Q(1) 1.492938 26735 2.0 (0.4) 1.1 (0.3) 1.6 (0.3) 0.9 (0.2) 5-3 Q(4) 1.515792 27878 1.0 (0.4) 0.3 (0.2) 1.3 (0.5) 0.4 (0.3) 5-3 Q(5) 1.528641 28498 1.3 (0.2) 1.0 (0.4) 1.8 (0.3) 1.3 (0.5) 5-3 Q(6) 1.544261 29228 <1.0 0.7 (0.3) <1.3 0.9 (0.4) 6-4 Q(1) 1.601535 31063 1.6 (0.3) 1.3 (0.4) 1.1 (0.2) 0.9 (0.3) 6-4 Q(2) 1.607386 31303 1.6 (0.4) 1.2 (0.3) 1.6 (0.4) 1.2 (0.3) 6-4 Q(4) 1.628084 32132 <0.8 1.7 (0.4) < 1.0 2.0 (0.5) 6-4 S(0) 1.536884 31303 1.0 (0.3) 1.0 (0.3) 1.1 (0.4) 1.1 (0.4) 7-5 S(4) 1.539990 37220 <0.6 1.0 (0.4) < 0.4 0.7 (0.3) 8-6 S(3) 1.701797 40115 1.0 (0.3) 1.0 (0.3) 4.5 (1.2) 4.5 (1.5) 10-7 O(3) 1.548851 44902 <0.7 0.7 (0.3) <0.6 0.7 (0.3)
Positions are R.A. and Declination offsets from HD 37903, in arcseconds.
Values in parentheses are the 1- uncertainties. Upper limits are 3-.
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