2006/11/30 by Richard A. Shaw, Richard A. Shaw, WArren A. Reid +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Educational Leadership and Practices #Halo #Hubble space telescope #Large Magellanic Cloud #Nebula #Planetary nebula #Schmidt camera #Spitzer Space Telescope #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/511189
published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 119(851), 19-29 (Institute of Physics) · 6 figures. To appear in PASP, 2007 January
arxiv created 2006/11/30 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) images of new planetary nebulae (PNe) that were discovered in the Reid‐Parker Anglo‐Australian Observatory/UK Schmidt Telescope Hα survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. These serendipitous observations from various HST programs yield independent confirmations of six 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, 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 Reid‐Parker catalog must await the acquisition of new deep, high‐resolution, narrowband imagery.