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Missing Galactic PNe: [S III] Imaging Survey
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2006
Abstract
The total number of Galactic planetary nebulae (GPNe) is highly uncertain; the most inclusive current catalog contains only $\sim$ 1,500. We will use the PRISM wide-field imager on the 1.83 m Perkins Telescope to conduct a pilot survey of the Galactic plane in search of [S III] emission from PNe obscured by dust and missed by surveys of H$\,\alpha$. We are employing the method of Jacoby & Van de Steene (JVS), who surveyed the bulge for [S III] $\lambda$9532. In addition to seeing through more of the extinction, use of the [S III] emission line will a priori reject the most troublesome catalog contaminants: ultracompact H II regions.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S234: Planetary Nebulae in our Galaxy and Beyond , April 2006 , pp. 509 - 510
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- © 2006 International Astronomical Union