Poster abstract details

Over the past 10 years the MASH surveys have effectively doubled Galactic PN and have had a major impact in the field. The scientific exploitation of this major legacy resource is well underway and many interesting results have already been reported. MASH PN are more evolved, extincted and of lower surface brightness than previous compilations. Simple PN confirmation is now being replaced by more detailed spectroscopic and multi-wavelength study of the large-numbers of bona-fide discoveries and exotic mimics while the underpinning H-alpha survey itself continues to reveal additional objects.

In this talk I will briefly summarise the most important results to come out of the MASH programme so far but will concentrate on the fresh projects and studies now underway at Macquarie by our group that promise to deliver significant additional insights into the PN phenomena.