The macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Ha planetary nebula catalogue: MASH

Quentin A. Parker; A. Acker; D. J. Frew; M. Hartley; A. E J Peyaud; F. Ochsenbein; S. Phillipps; D. Russeil; S. F. Beaulieu; M. Cohen; J. Koppen; B. Miszalski; D. H. Morgan; R. A H Morris; M. J. Pierce; A. E. Vaughan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10950.x

The macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Ha planetary nebula catalogue: MASH

Quentin A. Parker^*, A. Acker, D. J. Frew, M. Hartley, A. E J Peyaud, F. Ochsenbein, S. Phillipps, D. Russeil, S. F. Beaulieu, M. Cohen, J. Koppen, B. Miszalski, D. H. Morgan, R. A H Morris, M. J. Pierce, A. E. Vaughan

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We present the Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Hα Planetary Nebula Catalogue (MASH) of over 900 true, likely and possible new Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) discovered from the AAO/UKST Ha survey of the southern Galactic plane. The combination of depth, resolution, uniformity and areal coverage of the Ha survey has opened up a hitherto unexplored region of parameter space permitting the detection of this significant new PN sample. Away from the Galactic bulge the new PNe are typically more evolved, of larger angular extent, of lower surface brightness and more obscured (i.e. extinguished) than those in most previous surveys. We have also doubled the number of PNe in the Galactic bulge itself and although most are compact, we have also found more evolved examples. The MASH catalogue represents the culmination of a seven-year programme of identification and confirmatory spectroscopy. A key strength is that the entire sample has been derived from the same, uniform observational data. The 60 per cent increase in known Galactic PNe represents the largest ever incremental sample of such discoveries and will have a significant impact on many aspects of PN research. This is especially important for studies at the faint end of the PN luminosity function which was previously poorly represented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-94
Number of pages	16
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	373
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10950.x
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006

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Parker, Q. A., Acker, A., Frew, D. J., Hartley, M., Peyaud, A. E. J., Ochsenbein, F., Phillipps, S., Russeil, D., Beaulieu, S. F., Cohen, M., Koppen, J., Miszalski, B., Morgan, D. H., Morris, R. A. H., Pierce, M. J., & Vaughan, A. E. (2006). The macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg Ha planetary nebula catalogue: MASH. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373(1), 79-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10950.x

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