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Extending the RP survey to the outer LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Warren Reid  and
Quentin A. Parker
Warren Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Macquarie University Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrophotonics email: warren.reid@mq.edu.au
Quentin A. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Macquarie University Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrophotonics email: warren.reid@mq.edu.au Australian Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia email: quentin.parker@mq.edu.au
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Abstract

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We are extending our search for faint PNe in the LMC to include the outer 56 deg2 area not covered in the original UKST survey of the central 25eg2 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.

Keywords

planetary nebulae: generalMagellanic Cloudsstatisticssurveys
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S283: Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future , July 2011 , pp. 480 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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