Galactic surveys of Planetary nebulae and their astrophysics: past present and future

I will briefly review the PN phenomena and describe the power of these objects as probes of stellar evolution and Galactic evolution. I will address their use as potent kinematic tracers and their value as cosmological distance indicators. Finally I will review the recent major progress in discovery, distance determinations and elimination of mimics before touching on the future potential using multi-wavelength optical-MIR-radio data.

 

Fecha: 
09/12/2010 - 13:00
Conferenciante: 
Quentin Parker
Filiación: 
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia


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