Planetary Nebulae in the Small Magellanic Cloud

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May 2001

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American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #13.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.805

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As part of the Magellanic Cloud Emission-Line Survey (MCELS), we examined a 2.8° x 2.5° region at the center of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Samples of planetary nebulae (PNe) have become important because of the role of the PN Luminosity Function (which uses [O 3] λ 5007 fluxes) as an extragalactic distance indicator. Previous studies have identified 99 confirmed or candidate planetary nebulae (PNe) in the SMC, only 27 of which have published [O 3] fluxes. Of the 69 objects in our survey region, careful measurement of the coordinates shows that 8 are duplicates, while 10 appear to be spurious identifications. We have determined accurate coordinates and measured fluxes in both the [O 3] λ 5007 and Hα \ lines for all 51 remaining PNe. In addition we have identified 13 new candidate PNe and have measured fluxes for these as well. We will present an [O 3] luminosity function for our expanded sample of PNe in the SMC, which extends to lower luminosities than previous studies. MCELS, a joint project between CTIO and the University of Michigan, is the first CCD survey of the Clouds in emission lines and is being carried out from the 0.6-m Curtis Schmidt telescope at CTIO. Both the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds are being imaged in three lines: Hα , [S 2] λ λ 6717,6731, and [O 3] λ 5007, plus red and green continuum bands. This research has been supported by the NSF through grant AST-9618465 and by the Sigma Xi society through a Grant-in-Aid of Undergraduate Research.

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