The second release of the Toruń catalogue of Galactic post-AGB objects: New classification scheme

Szczerba, Ryszard; Siódmiak, Natasza; Stasińska, Grazyna; Borkowski, Jozef; García-Lario, Pedro; Suárez, Olga; Hajduk, Marcin; García-Hernández, D. Anibal
Bibliographical reference

Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 283, p. 506-507

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2012
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
19
Refereed citations
12
Description
The investigation of post-AGB objects (proto-planetary nebulae) is very important from the standpoint of physical and chemical changes occurring during the late stages of stellar evolution. The Toruń catalogue of Galactic post-AGB and related objects is an evolutive catalogue containing astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data as well as HST images for all known post-AGB objects and candidates in our Galaxy. This free-access catalogue can serve as an ideal tool to study different groups of post-AGB objects, especially due to the fact that all information is gathered in one place. The second release of our catalogue introduces a simple classification scheme of post-AGB objects and includes a significant number of new objects, photometric data, spectra and images. Here, using objects from the catalogue we consider the problem of the termination of the AGB phase.