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Infrared Imaging of Planetary Nebulae from the Ground Up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2006

Joseph L. Hora
Joseph L. Hora
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., MS-65, Cambridge, MA 02138-1516, USA email: jhora@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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New ground-based telescopes and instruments, the return of the NICMOS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and the recent launch of the Spitzer Space Telescope have provided new tools that are being utilized in the study of planetary nebulae. Multiwavelength, high spatial resolution ground-based and HST imaging have been used to probe the inner regions of young PNe to determine their structure and evaluate formation mechanisms. Spitzer/IRAC and MIPS have been used to image more evolved PNe to determine the spatial distribution of molecular hydrogen, ionized gas, and dust in the nebulae and halos.

Keywords

Spitzer Space Telescopeinfrared: ISMISM: moleculesplanetary nebulae: generaltechniques: high angular resolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S234: Planetary Nebulae in our Galaxy and Beyond , April 2006 , pp. 173 - 180
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© 2006 International Astronomical Union