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Title:
Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae
Authors:
Shaw, Richard A.
Publication:
Planetary Nebulae in our Galaxy and Beyond, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Symposium #234. Edited by Michael J. Barlow and Roberto H. Méndez. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006., pp.305-312
Publication Date:
00/2006
Origin:
CUP
DOI:
10.1017/S1743921306003139
Bibliographic Code:
2006IAUS..234..305S

Abstract

Over the past 15 years the growth of detailed information about Planetary Nebulae in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (MCPN) has been explosive, to the point where these galactic laboratories are the preferred context for furthering and refining our understanding of this late phase of stellar evolution. Deep, photometrically uniform surveys have pushed the population of confirmed MCPN above 800, good-quality optical spectra exist for the bulk of these nebulae, infrared and satellite UV spectra of a few dozen PNe are archived or will become available soon, and high-resolution (HST) images have been archived for over 150 nebulae. In this paper I review the accumulated knowledge of MCPN: including physical and chemical properties of the nebulae and their relation to morphological characteristics; central star properties and what they tell us about the progenitor population; and what new insight has been gained from MCPN about the evolution of the combined PN+central star systems.
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