ESO Workshop on Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003msngr.114...58.&link_type=abstract

The Messenger, vol. 114, p. 58-58

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Planetary nebulae (PN) can be detected out to quite large distances from their strong emission lines, principally of [O III]. Photometry of the [O III]5007Å emission line allows distance determination through the Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function. Spectrophotometry of the emission lines can provide nebular abundances, enabling the use of PN as chemical probes of galaxies. The emission lines are also narrow, making PN ideal kinematic probes of a galaxy's gravitational potential. Thus the properties of dark-matter haloes can be studied by modelling the PN kinematics. Recently PN have been detected in intra-cluster regions of nearby galaxy clusters. These PN can bring a unique handle on the stars in regions that may harbour a substantial amount of mass.

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