Bibcode
Sabin, Laurence; Corradi, R. L. M.; Parker, Quentin; Mampaso, A.; Zijlstra, Albert
Bibliographical reference
Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 283, p. 492-493
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2012
Citations
5
Refereed citations
5
Description
The low surface brightness usually associated with nebulae mixing with
the ISM has long been a substantial obstacle in the observation and
statistical study of these interactions. Thanks to the detection
capability of the INT Photometric H-alpha Survey (IPHAS), in terms of
sensitivity and imaging resolution, we were able to detect and select
tens of examples of candidate Planetary Nebulae apparently at different
stages of interaction with the interstellar medium (PNe-ISM hereafter)
following the Wareing et al. (2007) classification. A spectroscopic
investigation was conducted with the San Pedro Martir 2.1m telescope
(SPM) in Mexico and we present the first results involving a proper
classification and analysis of our candidates. The main difficulty is
visually separating PNe-ISM from other faint asymmetric nebulosities
such as old HII regions, SNRs and general diffuse H-alpha structures.
This investigation is a first step in a more comprehensive study of
PNe-ISM as more candidates are uncovered by the IPHAS team.