Confirmation of New Planetary Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
arXiv:astro-ph/0612008 · doi:10.1086/511189
Abstract
We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of new planetary nebulae (PNe) that were discovered in the Reid-Parker AAO/UKST H-alpha survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. These serendipitous observations from various HST programs yield independent confirmations of 6 PNe; one other detected nebula may also be a PN, and one appears to be a region of diffuse emission. The high resolution HST archival images enable us to determine the physical sizes, the nebular morphology, and related features of these new PNe in detail for the first time. In a few cases we were also able to identify the central star, which was impossible with the lower resolution, wide-field discovery data. The confirmation of faint, extended halos surrounding many PNe in the RP catalog must await the acquisition of new deep, high-resolution, narrow-band imagery.
arXiv comment6 figures. To appear in PASP, 2007 January
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