1999/04/02 by Philip Plait, Theodore R. Gull, T. R. Gull · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/316377
Latex, 14 pages, 2 JPEG figures, 2 tables. PASP Research Note, June 1999, in press
arxiv created 1999/04/02 · openalex publication_date 1999/06/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The planetary nebula M94‐20 in the Large Magellanic Cloud was serendipitously observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Hubble Space Telescope Archival Pure Parallel Program. We present spatially resolved imaging and spectral data of the nebula and compare them with ground‐based data, including detection of several emission lines from the nebula and the detection of the central star. We find that the total Hα + [N ii ] flux is 7.3 × 10 - 15 ergs s −1 cm −2 , and we estimate the magnitude of the central star to be m V = 26.0 ± 0.2. Many other Hα sources have been found in M31, M33, and NGC 205 as well. We discuss the use of the parallel observations as a versatile tool for planetary nebula surveys and for other fields of astronomical research.