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AI and deep learning techniques are beginning to play an increasing role in astronomy as a necessary tool to deal with the data avalanche. Here we describe an application for finding resolved Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in crowded, wide-field,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 Ruiqi Sun , Yushan Li , Quentin Parker , Jiaxin Li , Xu Li , Liang Cao , Peng Jia

About 3,500 planetary nebulae (PNe) are currently known in the Milky Way, which shows a great discrepancy with the expected number for these objects, regardless of the reference used, $33-59 \times 10^{3}$. The same holds for symbiotic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-10 Giovanna Liberato , Denise R. Gonçalves , Luis A. Gutiérrez-Soto , Stavros Akras

Single stars in ancient globular clusters (GCs) are believed incapable of producing planetary nebulae (PNe), because their post-asymptotic-giant-branch evolutionary timescales are slower than the dissipation timescales for PNe.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Howard E. Bond

Planetary nebulae (PNe) are an important tool for studying the dynamics and chemical evolution of galaxies in the Local Universe, given their characteristic, bright emission line spectra. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) provides a unique…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 Anqi Li , Zhiyuan Li , Hui Dong , Xuan Fang , Xiaojie Xu

Using an [OIII]5007 on-band/off-band filter technique, we identify 109 planetary nebulae (PNe) candidates in M 82, using the FOCAS instrument at the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. The use of ancillary high-resolution HST ACS H-alpha imaging aided…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 L. C. Johnson , R. H. Mendez , A. M. Teodorescu

A detailed examination of new high quality radio catalogues (e.g. Cornish) in combination with available mid-infrared (MIR) satellite imagery (e.g. Glimpse) has allowed us to find 70 new planetary nebula (PN) candidates based on existing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 Vasiliki Fragkou , Ivan Bojičić , David Frew , Quentin Parker

We have used the SuperCOSMOS H-alpha Survey to look for faint outer structures such as halos, ansae and jets around known planetary nebulae across 4000 square degrees of the southern Milky Way. Our search will contribute to a more accurate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 D. J. Frew , I. S. Bojicic , Q. A. Parker

We present a new radio-selected sample of PNe from the CORNISH survey. This is a radio continuum survey of the inner Galactic plane covering Galactic longitude, $10^\circ <l< 65^\circ$ and latitude, $|b| < 1^\circ$ with a resolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 T. Irabor , M. G. Hoare , R. D. Oudmaijer , J. S. Urquhart , S. Kurtz , S. L. Lumsden , C. R. Purcell , A. A. Zijlstra , G. Umana

From the approximately $\sim$3,500 planetary nebulae (PNe) discovered in our Galaxy, only 14 are known to be members of the Galactic halo. Nevertheless, a systematic search for halo PNe has never been performed. In this study, we present…

As part of a systematic search programme of a 10-degree wide strip of the Northern Galactic plane we present preliminary evidence for the discovery of four (and possibly five) new supernova remnants (SNRs). The pilot search area covered the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 L. Sabin , Q. A. Parker , M. E. Contreras , L. Olguín , D. J. Frew , M. Stupar , R. Vázquez , N. J. Wright , R. L. M Corradi , R. A. H Morris

We propose a new strategy of finding strongly-lensed supernovae (SNe) by monitoring known galaxy-scale strong-lens systems. Strongly lensed SNe are potentially powerful tools for the study of cosmology, galaxy evolution, and stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-19 Yiping Shu , Adam S. Bolton , Shude Mao , Xi Kang , Guoliang Li , Monika Soraisam

We search for very small-diameter galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) representing the earliest phases of PN evolution. A recently published IPHAS catalogue of Ha-emitting stars provides a useful base for this study as all sources present in…

We present preliminary results of an optical survey for Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in the northern part of the Galactic Bulge. In particular, observations at wavelengths corresponding to the [O III] 5007 emission line have been carried out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Panayotis Boumis , John Papamastorakis

Planetary nebulae (PNe) are powerful tracers of evolved stellar populations. Among the 3000 known PNe in the Galaxy, about 600 are located within the 520 square-degree area covered by the VVV survey. The VVV photometric catalogue provides…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-04-16 W. A. Weidmann , R. Gamen , P. A. M. van Hoof , A. Zijlstra , D. Minniti , M. G. Volpe

Context. There are more than 3000 true and probable known Galactic Planetary Nebulae (PNe), but only for 13% of them there is central star spectroscopic information available. Aims. To contribute to the knowledge of central stars of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Weidmann Walter A. , Roberto Gamen

Imaging and spectroscopic observations of planetary nebulae (PNe) in the nearest large elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A), were obtained to find more PNe and measure their radial velocities. NTT imaging was obtained in 15 fields in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-04 J. R. Walsh , M. Rejkuba , N. A. Walton

Planetary nebulae (PNe) are pivotal for advancing our knowledge of stellar evolution and galactic chemical enrichment. Recent progress in surveys and data analysis has revolutionized PN research, leading to the discovery of new objects and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 L. A. Gutiérrez-Soto , M. Belén Mari , W. A. Weidmann , F. R. Faifer

We present deep Halpha+[N II] CCD images of selected new Planetary Nebulae (PNe) discovered through an [O III] 5007 A emission line survey in the Galactic Bulge region with l > 0 deg. In total, we detected more than 200 objects, including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Panayotis Boumis , Myfanwy Bryce

Spectroscopic observations of 48 emission-line objects of M33 have been obtained with the multi-object, wide field, fibre spectrograph AF2/WYFFOS at the 4.2m WHT telescope (La Palma, Spain). Line intensities and logarithmic extinction,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-31 L. Magrini , M. Perinotto , R. L. M. Corradi , A. Mampaso

We present a spectroscopic investigation of 25 objects previously reported as possible Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in recent catalogs to obtain their physical properties and to establish their true nature. We found 11 objects showing intense…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-08 D. A. Beleño-Molina , L. Olguín , L. F. Miranda , M. E. Contreras , R. Vázquez