IRAS 16455-3455 and IRAS 15154-5258 - Two new southern planetary nebulae

Manchado, A.; Garcia-Lario, P.; Pottasch, S. R.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 218, no. 1-2, July 1989, p. 267-272.

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1989
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
26
Refereed citations
19
Description
The identification of two new southern planetary nebulae, IRAS 16455-3455 and IRAS 15154-5258, via low resolution spectroscopy, is reported. IRAS 16455-3455 is a high excitation planetary nebula with an extension of 9 arcsec, m(V) = 8.95 and E(B-V) = 1.21. Chemical abundances in this nebula are similar to the mean values for planetaries in the Galaxy. IRAS 15154-5258 is a hydrogen-poor nebula with a high infrared excess. The central star has a WC4 Wolf-Rayet spectrum.