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A consolidated online database of Galactic planetary nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Brent Miszalski
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory Southern African Large Telescope Foundation email: brent@saao.ac.za
A. Acker
Affiliation:
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg email: agnes.acker@astro.unistra.fr
F. Ochsenbein
Affiliation:
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg email: agnes.acker@astro.unistra.fr
Q. A. Parker
Affiliation:
Macquarie University Australian Astronomical Observatory
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Abstract

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Since the issue of the unifying Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (SECGPN) a large number of new discoveries have been made thanks to improved surveys and discovery techniques. The increasingly heterogeneous published population of Galactic PNe, that we have determined totals <2850 PNe, is becoming more difficult to study on the whole without a centralised repository. We introduce a consolidated and interactive online database with object classifications that reflect the latest multi-wavelength data and the most recent results. The extensible database, hosted by the Centre de Donnees astronomique de Strasbourg (CDS), will contain a wealth of observed data for large, well-defined samples of PNe including coordinates, multi-wavelength images, spectroscopy, line intensities, radial velocities and central star information. It is anticipated that the database will be publicly released early 2012.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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