MASH: The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue

Quentin A. Parker; Agnes Acker; Alan Peyaud; David J. Frew

doi:10.1063/1.2146212

MASH: The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue

Quentin A. Parker^*, Agnes Acker, Alan Peyaud, David J. Frew

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

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The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα Planetary Nebula Catalogue (MASH) of nearly 1000 new Galactic Planetary Nebulae (PNe) discovered from the AAO/UKST Hα survey of the southern Galactic plane is now essentially complete. The survey's excellent combination of resolution, uniformity, areal coverage and depth has enabled detection of this unprecedented new PN sample. MASH PNe are typically more evolved, obscured, of larger angular extent, and of lower surface brightness than those in most previous surveys. The number of PNe in the Galactic bulge has also been doubled. Though most of these are quite compact, more evolved examples have been found. The MASH catalogue represents a seven year programme of discovery and spectroscopic confirmation and will form the basis for significant studies. A key strength is that the whole sample has been obtained from the same, uniform survey data. The 75% increase in known Galactic PNe represents the largest single increase in such discoveries. MASH PNe will have a significant impact on many aspects of PNe research, especially for studies at the extremes of the luminosity function which were previously poorly represented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PLANETARY NEBULAE AS ASTRONOMICAL TOOLS: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools
Editors	Ryszard Szczerba, Grażyna Stasińska, Sławomir K. Górny
Place of Publication	College Park, Maryland
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	3-6
Number of pages	4
Volume	804
ISBN (Print)	0735402949, 9780735402942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146212
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2005
Event	International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools - Gdansk, Poland Duration: 28 Jun 2005 → 2 Jul 2005

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Other	International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Gdansk
Period	28/06/05 → 2/07/05

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Copyright 2005 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 804, Issue 1, pp.3-6, and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?apc/804/000003.

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Astronomical data bases
Hα survey
Planetary nebulae

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Parker, Q. A., Acker, A., Peyaud, A., & Frew, D. J. (2005). MASH: The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue. In R. Szczerba, G. Stasińska, & S. K. Górny (Eds.), PLANETARY NEBULAE AS ASTRONOMICAL TOOLS: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools (Vol. 804, pp. 3-6). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146212

Parker, Quentin A. ; Acker, Agnes ; Peyaud, Alan et al. / MASH : The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue. PLANETARY NEBULAE AS ASTRONOMICAL TOOLS: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. editor / Ryszard Szczerba ; Grażyna Stasińska ; Sławomir K. Górny. Vol. 804 College Park, Maryland : American Institute of Physics, 2005. pp. 3-6

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Parker, QA, Acker, A, Peyaud, A & Frew, DJ 2005, MASH: The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue. in R Szczerba, G Stasińska & SK Górny (eds), PLANETARY NEBULAE AS ASTRONOMICAL TOOLS: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. vol. 804, American Institute of Physics, College Park, Maryland, pp. 3-6, International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools, Gdansk, Poland, 28/06/05. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2146212

MASH: The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula catalogue. / Parker, Quentin A.; Acker, Agnes; Peyaud, Alan et al.
PLANETARY NEBULAE AS ASTRONOMICAL TOOLS: International Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools. ed. / Ryszard Szczerba; Grażyna Stasińska; Sławomir K. Górny. Vol. 804 College Park, Maryland: American Institute of Physics, 2005. p. 3-6.

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