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Planetary nebulae detected in the Spitzer Space Telescope GLIMPSE 3D Legacy Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Yong Zhang ,
Sun Kwok ,
Chih-Hao Hsia ,
Jun-ichi Nakashima  and
Nico Koning
Yong Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China email: zhangy96@hku.hk
Sun Kwok
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China email: zhangy96@hku.hk
Chih-Hao Hsia
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China email: zhangy96@hku.hk
Jun-ichi Nakashima
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China email: zhangy96@hku.hk
Nico Koning
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaT2N 1N4
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Abstract

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Due to interstellar extinction, optical census of Galactic planetary nebulae (PNs) is highly incomplete, and some compact H ii regions might have been mis-classified as PNs. The problem is particularly severe in the Galactic plane where the extinction in the optical is significant and hampers the detections of PNs. Unlike optical observations, infrared (IR) observations are hardly affected by interstellar extinction, and provide a good opportunity to study highly obscured PNs. In this study, we use the data from the Spitzer Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire 3D (GLIMPSE 3D) to investigate the mid-infrared (MIR) properties of PNs and PN candidates.

Keywords

infrared: ISMplanetary nebulae: generalplanetary nebulae: individual (M 1-41)stars: AGB and post-AGB
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S283: Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future , July 2011 , pp. 528 - 529
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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