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The majority of planetary nebulae (PNe) at the distance of the Magellanic Clouds typically subtend 1 arcsec or less on the sky. The Planetary Camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope has a scale of 0.044 arcsec per pixel and is therefore ideal to use to image these objects. At present, 16 LMC and 5 SMC objects have been imaged in the [O III] 5007 angstrom emission line, as part of this program. An additional 10 LMC and 5 SMC objects have been imaged in the same line under the Guaranteed Time Observer program.
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Vassiliadis, E. et al. (1997). Imaging and Spectroscopy of Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. In: Habing, H.J., Lamers, H.J.G.L.M. (eds) Planetary Nebulae. International Astronimical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 180. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5244-0_215
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