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The UM/CTIO Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
The Magellanic Clouds are unique in providing sites to study the interstellar medium (ISM) and its components at all scales. To promote the pursuit of such studies, we have begun the Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey (MCELS), a deep imaging survey of both of these nearby galaxies in the emission of Hα, [S II], and [O III]. The emission-line images will be used in detailed optical and multiwavelength studies of H II regions, supernova remnants, planetary nebulae, superbubbles, and supergiant shells. Together with parallel surveys at other wavelengths, this survey will provide the foundation upon which to build a deeper understanding of the ISM in the Clouds and other galaxies, from small scales (~1 pc) all the way up to global scales. We present a sample of recent and current work using the MCELS dataset.
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- Part 2. Interstellar Medium
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 28 - 31
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999
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