Keck AO Pre-planetary Nebulae and Young Planetary Nebulae Gallery

Please do not reproduce any image from this page without our explicit permission. All images and data displayed in this gallery are © D. Le Mignant (W.M. Keck Observatory, USA), C. Sánchez Contreras(DAMIR, Madrid, Spain and Caltec, USA) and R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion laboratory, USA))

Publications:

Sanchez Contreras, C; Le Mignant, D.; Sahai, R.; Gil de Paz, A.; Morris, M. ApJ, 656, pp1150-1166 ,
Adaptive Optics Imaging of IRAS 18276-1431: a bipolar pre-planetary nebula with circumstellar "searchlight beams" and "arcs"
Le Mignant, D.; Sahai, R.; Sanchez Contreras, C; et al. 2007, in IAU Symp. 234 (poster)
The core regions of the Red Rectangle, the Egg Nebula and Frosty Leo with the Keck Adaptive Optics
Sanchez Contreras, C; Le Mignant, D.; Sahai, R.; Gil de Paz, A.; Morris, M. 2007, in IAU Symp. 234 (talk)
Probing post-ABG metamorphosis with NIR Adaptive Optics Imaging
Sahai, R.; Le Mignant, D.; S㌻chez Contreras, C.; Campbell, R. D.; Chaffee, F. H. 2005,
Sculpting a Pre-planetary Nebula with a Precessing Jet: IRAS 16342-3814, ApJL, 622, 53.

IRAS 09371+1212 (Frosty Leo) - 2005-01-20 UT FOV: 7” x 7” Imaged in H, Kp and Lp bands. NGSAO mode: ref. star = self Rmag=9.4, Very extended source	IRAS 16342-1138 (Water Fountain) - 2004-06-26 UT FOV: 4” x 2” Imaged in H, Kp and Lp bands. NGSAO mode: ref. star = 0516-0460239 Rmag=12.5, sep=9.3 Published in: Sahai et al. 2005, ApJL, 622, 53.
IRAS 17347-3139 - 2005-07-01 UT FOV: 3” x 3” Imaged in Kp, Lp and Ms bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 0583-05833897 Rmag=14.8, sep=31.3	IRAS 18276-1431 - 2005-08-12 UT FOV: 2” x 2” Imaged in Kp, Lp and Ms bands. NGSAO mode: ref. star = 0755-0509985 Rmag=11.7, sep=23.2” Published in Sanchez-Contreras et al. 2007, ApJ, in press (link to astro-ph)
IRAS 18420-0512 - 2005-07-01 UT FOV: 2” x 2” Imaged in Kp and Lp bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 0848-0418146 Rmag=13.0, sep=24.2”	IRAS 19024+0044 - 2005-08-12 UT FOV: 3” x 3” Imaged in H, Kp and Lp bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 0908-0386849 Rmag=13.1, sep=34.6”
IRAS 19134+2131 - 2005-08-12 UT FOV: 1”x1” Imaged in Kp, Lp and Ms bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1116-0387686 Rmag=15.9, sep=30.5”	IRAS 19255+2123 - 2005-07-01 UT FOV: 4” x 4” Imaged in H, Kp, Lp and ms bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1115-0391382 Rmag=, sep=
IRAS 19292+1806 - 2005-07-01 & 2007-08-12UT FOV: 2” x 2” Imaged in J, H, Kp and Lp bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1082-0451226 Rmag=15.6, sep=4.3”	IRAS 22568+6141 - 2005-08-12 UT FOV: 7” x 7” Imaged in Kp and Lp bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1519-0362555 Rmag=14.7, sep=41.5”
IRAS I22574+6609 - 2005-08-12 UT FOV: 2” x 2” Imaged in J, H and Kp bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1564-0236258 Rmag=16.4, sep=5.4”	IRAS 07349-0932 (PN M 1-16) - 2005-01-20 UT FOV: 32” x 32” Imaged in H and Kp bands (wide camera). NGSAO mode: ref. star = self ; Rmag=, sep=
IRAS 19327+3024 (= BD +30 3639) - 2005-09-10 UT FOV: 7” x 7” Imaged in Kp, bands. NGSAO mode: ref. star = self; Rmag=10.4	IRAS 04395+3601 (= RAGL618 = CRL618) - 2005-09-10 UT FOV: 7” x 4” Imaged in Kp band only. NGSAO mode: ref. star = 1261-0079854 Rmag=12.9, sep=2.5”
© Keck LGSAO engineering team Egg Nebulae (= RAFGL2688) - 2004-07-27 UT FOV: 15.8” x 23.7” Imaged in H, H2 (2.12) and Kcont (2.29) bands. LGSAO mode: ref. star = 1266-0470099 Rmag=14.3, sep=24.9”	combined image HST/ACS F606W, Keck LGS AO NIRC2 Kcont and H2 © D. Le Mignant (Keck Observatory)

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