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Planetary nebulae and Wolf-Rayet stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

B. E. Westerlund
B. E. Westerlund*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory

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Objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud classified by Lindsay (1961) as planetary nebulae or probable planetary nebulae have been studied in detail on large-scale photographs (Henize and Westerlund 1963). Of Lindsay's 50 objects, 11 are clearly resolved, 2 are probably resolved, 12 show stellar images, 13 are below the limit of the plates, 11 (fairly faint) are outside the photographed regions, and 1 is of uncertain identification. The masses of the resolved nebulae lie between 2 and 33 solar masses. They are therefore classified as small diffuse nebulae; it appears unlikely that the mass of a planetary nebula can exceed a few tenths of a solar mass.

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Type
Section II: The Magellanic Clouds
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 20: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds , 1964 , pp. 316 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Academy of Science 1964 

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