MCELS (Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey)

The Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) is a joint project of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) and the University of Michigan using the CTIO Curtis/Schmidt Telescope. The main goal of the project is to trace the ionized gas in the Magellanic Clouds using narrow-band filters ( [S II] , Hα and [O III] ). Those emission lines are produced by different astrophysical objects and processes.

Scientific Motivation

Technical Details

Astronomical Objects

Team and Collaborators

MCELS' Astronomy Picture of the Day

External links

* [http://www.ctio.noao.edu/mcels MCELS web site]
* [http://www.ctio.noao.edu Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO)]
* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/ Astronomy Department, University of Illinois at Urbana]