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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Ha planetary nebula catalogue: MASH
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 373, No. 1, Year 2006
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Description
We present the Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα Planetary Nebula Catalogue (MASH) of over 900 true, likely and possible new Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) discovered from the AAO/UKST Ha survey of the southern Galactic plane. The combination of depth, resolution, uniformity and areal coverage of the Ha survey has opened up a hitherto unexplored region of parameter space permitting the detection of this significant new PN sample. Away from the Galactic bulge the new PNe are typically more evolved, of larger angular extent, of lower surface brightness and more obscured (i.e. extinguished) than those in most previous surveys. We have also doubled the number of PNe in the Galactic bulge itself and although most are compact, we have also found more evolved examples. The MASH catalogue represents the culmination of a seven-year programme of identification and confirmatory spectroscopy. A key strength is that the entire sample has been derived from the same, uniform observational data. The 60 per cent increase in known Galactic PNe represents the largest ever incremental sample of such discoveries and will have a significant impact on many aspects of PN research. This is especially important for studies at the faint end of the PN luminosity function which was previously poorly represented. © 2006 RAS.
Authors & Co-Authors
Parker, Quentin A.
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Australia, Eastwood
Anglo Australian Observatory
Acker, Agnes̀s
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Frew, David J.
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Hartley, Malcolm
Australia, Eastwood
Anglo Australian Observatory
Phillipps, Steven
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Russeil, Delphine
France, Marseille
Laboratoire D'astrophysique de Marseille
Beaulieu, Sylvie F.
Canada, Quebec
Université Laval
Cohen, Martin
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Köppen, Joachim
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Miszalski, Brent
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Morgan, D. H.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Morris, R. A.H.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Statistics
Citations: 216
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10950.x
ISSN:
00358711
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative