Here you can see a selection of the beautiful emission-line images
of various nebulae in the Magallanic Clouds which we are obtaining in
the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey. (NOTE: images are not presented in the same spatial scale)
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Three nebular complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud. To the left is
N9 (the large loop), in the lower right is N5, and in the upper right
is N4 complex. The image is combination of images made in three
filters: Halpha emission, green is [SII], and blue is [OIII]. The
greenish areas, such as the little hook just in the right edge of N9
and the large half bubble in N4, are newly identified supernova remnants.
(Smith
et al., 1994, AJ, 108, 1266)
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This is the region N44. Here, red is Halpha emission, green is
[SII], and blue is [OIII]. Notice the green area to the upper-left in
the image. This is a previously undetected (at least optically)
supernova remnant!
( Kim
et al., 1998, ApJ, 503, 729)
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 1996 July 3.
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DEM 192. In this image, red is Halpha emission, green is [SII], and blue is [OIII]
(Oey
& Smedley, 1998, AJ, 116, 1263)
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 1996 June 25 and 1997 August 23.
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The superbubble LMC 2 in the combined light of hydrogen, sulfur
and oxigen.
(Points,
S. D. et al., 1999, ApJ, 518, 298. )
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 1997 July 25 .
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Colliding Remnants DEM L316.
(Williams
et al., 1997, ApJ, 480, 618)
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 1997 October 2.
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The giant HII complex 30 Doradus in the combined light of hydrogen, sulfur
and oxigen.
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2005 December 12
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Superbubble N11.
(MacLow, M. et al., 1998, ApJ, 493, 260)
Image selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2004 October 6
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The MCELS project has been supported in part by NSF grants AST-9540747 and AST-0307613, and through the generous support of the Dean B. McLaughlin Fund at the University of Michigan, a bequest from the family of Dr. Dean B. McLaughlin in memory of his lasting impact on Astronomy. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.