Extending the RP survey to the outer LMC

Warren Reid, Quentin A. Parker

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    Abstract

    We are extending our search for faint PNe in the LMC to include the outer 56 deg 2 area not covered in the original UKST survey of the central 25deg 2 region. Candidate PNe have been selected using the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) and the first round of observations has yielded 93 new LMC PNe while confirming the 102 previously known PNe in the outer LMC. We plan to continue our spectroscopic object identification program until we cover all our remaining candidates in the survey area. These observations, providing medium and high resolution spectra from λ3650Å to λ6900Å will additionally be used to measure fluxes for a series of research projects including luminosity functions, abundances and LMC kinematics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPlanetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future: Proceedings of the 283rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in the Perto de la Cruz in Tenerife, Spain, 25-29 July 2011
    PublisherCambridge University Press
    Pages480-481
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Print)9781107019836
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventInternational Astronomical Union. Symposium -
    Duration: 20 Aug 2012 → …

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    Name
    ISSN (Print)1743-9213

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Astronomical Union. Symposium
    Period20/08/12 → …

    Keywords

    • Magellanic Clouds
    • planetary nebulae
    • stars
    • surveys

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