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Imaging and spectroscopy of Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E. Vassiliadis ,
M. Dopita ,
R. C. Bohlin ,
J. P. Harrington ,
S. J. Meatheringham ,
H.C. Ford ,
P. R. Wood ,
T.P. Stecher  and
S. P. Maran
E. Vassiliadis
Affiliation:
1Instituto de Astrofísica de Canaria, Spain
M. Dopita
Affiliation:
2Mount Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories, Australia
R. C. Bohlin
Affiliation:
3Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
J. P. Harrington
Affiliation:
4University of Maryland, USA
S. J. Meatheringham
Affiliation:
2Mount Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories, Australia
H.C. Ford
Affiliation:
5Johns Hopkins University, USA
P. R. Wood
Affiliation:
2Mount Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories, Australia
T.P. Stecher
Affiliation:
6Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA.
S. P. Maran
Affiliation:
6Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA.

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The majority of planetary nebulae (PNe) at the distance of the Magellanic Clouds typically subtend 1 arcsec or less on the sky. The Planetary Camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope has a scale of 0.044 arcsec per pixel and is therefore ideal to use to image these objects. At present, 16 LMC and 5 SMC objects have been imaged in the [O III] 5007 angstrom emission line, as part of this program. An additional 10 LMC and 5 SMC objects have been imaged in the same line under the Guaranteed Time Observer program.

Type
VIII. Planetary Nebulae in Extragalactic Systems
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 180: Planetary Nebulae , 1997 , pp. 477
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997