Warren A. Reid, Quentin A. Parker
We are extending our search for faint PNe in the LMC to include the outer 56
deg2 area not covered in the original UKST survey of the central 25 deg2
region. Candidate PNe have been selected using the Magellanic Cloud Emission
Line Survey (MCELS) and the first round of observations has yielded 93 new LMC
PNe while confirming the 102 previously known PNe in the outer LMC. We plan to
continue our spectroscopic object identification program until we cover all our
remaining candidates in the survey area. These observations, providing medium
and high resolution spectra from 3650 Ang to 6900 Ang will additionally be used
to measure fluxes for a series of research projects including luminosity
functions, abundances and LMC kinematics.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.4211
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