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\title{ ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR\\
Na~{\sc i} AND Ca~{\sc ii} K TOWARD THE HIGH GALACTIC LATITUDE STAR HD 28497}

\author{J.\ Chris Blades, M.~S.\ Sahu and Lida He\/\thanks{on leave from
Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180}\\
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Space Telescope Science Institute\\
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3700 San Martin Drive\\
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Baltimore, MD 21218\\
\and
I.\ A.\ Crawford, M.\ J.\ Barlow, and F.\ Diego\\
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Department of Physics and Astronomy\\
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University College London\\
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Gower Street\\
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London, WC1E 6BT, UK}

\tobe{1 April 1997}{The Astrophysical Journal}
\recacc{21 August 1996}{8 October 1996}

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\begin{abstract}

We present very high resolution (0.32~km~s$^{-1}$) spectra
of interstellar Na~{\sc i} D$_1$, D$_2$ and Ca~{\sc ii}~K absorption toward
HD~28497 obtained with the Ultra-High-Resolution Facility at the
3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The star is located in projection
in a highly disturbed interstellar region close to a number of identified
features including the high galactic latitude molecular cloud
MBM~20, the large Orion-Eridanus shell, seen in H$_\alpha$
and H~{\sc i} 21cm maps, and a filamentary loop structure
between \vlsr\ = $-$12 and $-$4~\kms\ in the Berkeley H~{\sc i} 21cm survey
and visible on the IRAS 100~$\mu$m map.

Toward HD 28497 we detect thirteen absorption components
in the Na~{\sc i} spectra, to a
column density limit of $2\times10^{10}$ \cmtwo, and ten in
Ca~{\sc ii}~K over a velocity range of $\sim70$~\kms.
Four absorption components in the Na~{\sc i} spectra
show $\it s$-resolved hyperfine structure with $b$-values from 0.31 to
0.40~\kms\ and column densities
from 4.0 to $14\times10^{10}$~\cmtwo.
If we assume the clouds represented by these
components have no internal turbulent velocities, their temperatures
would range between 134 to 227~K. One of these hyperfine split (hfs)
components, at
\vlsr\ = $-$11.1~\kms, shows significant temporal variation in
equivalent width compared to earlier (1977) observations, making
this the first interstellar sightline outside the Vela supernova
remnant to show a time-varying component. The feature may be associated
with the filamentary loop structure seen in this region.

There is poor correspondence between the Na~{\sc i} and Ca~{\sc ii}
profiles: we do not detect narrow Ca~{\sc ii} profiles to the four hfs
Na~{\sc i} components, and only three of the well-resolved components have
the same Ca~{\sc ii} and Na~{\sc i} radial velocities and consistent
$b$-values. One of these components, at \vlsr\ = $-$30.0~\kms, has a low
Na~{\sc i}/Ca~{\sc ii} ratio and arises in a region where turbulent motions
dominate---properties consistent with the hypothesis that the cloud lies close
to HD~28497. In general, however, the Na~{\sc i} and Ca~{\sc ii} occupy
different gaseous phases in the ISM.

We have compared our data with 21cm emission profiles
obtained from the recent Leiden/Dwingeloo H~{\sc i} survey. Based on
agreement in the velocities, the Na~{\sc i}/Ca~{\sc ii} ratio, and the kinetic
temperatures, we conclude that the component at \vlsr\ = $-$7.5~\kms\
is associated with the front side of the large, expanding
Orion-Eridanus shell. Unexpectedly, the molecular cloud MBM~20 is not
detected either in our absorption spectra or in the H~{\sc i} profiles,
indicating that HD~28497 lies away from the core of MBM~20.

Apart from the two features at $-$11 and $-$7.5~\kms, there is almost no
agreement between the H~{\sc i} profiles and the optical spectra. Although
we cannot rule out the possibility that most of the H~{\sc i} lies behind the
star, this explanation seems unlikely because many of the H~{\sc i} features
have previously been attributed to foreground phenomena. The beam sizes of
the H~{\sc i} and the optical studies are quite different and this suggests a
different explanation, namely that the physical sizes of the interstellar
structures we detect in Na~{\sc i} and Ca~{\sc ii} are not extensive enough to
be detected in H~{\sc i}. If so, this raises questions about the usefulness in
general of combining results obtained from H~{\sc i} 21 cm studies with results
obtained from optical (or ultraviolet) studies of the interstellar gas.

\end{abstract}