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Planetary nebulae in the central region of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

L. Perek
L. Perek*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

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Planetary nebulae are convenient objects for studying the large-scale structure of the Galaxy. Firstly, they are easily recognized up to considerable distances on plates taken through an objective prism, and secondly, methods have been devised by various authors to determine their distances from two observable quantities: angular diameter and surface brightness. The importance of the subsystem of planetary nebulae has been accentuated especially by the discoveries by Minkowski and Haro of large numbers of planetaries in the direction of the galactic centre. The distribution of planetaries on the sphere suggests that they are connected with the galactic nucleus, but no direct determination of their distances, which would either confirm or contradict this statement, is available. The most serious obstacle in studying the subsystem of planetaries is the lack of observing data. The aim of the reported paper (Perek 1963) is to give a tentative outline of the distribution of planetaries in space based on extensive new observing material.

Type
Section 1: The Galaxy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 20: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds , 1964 , pp. 41 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Academy of Science 1964 

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