Preliminary Survey Results

MCELS observations began in November 1995, and as of February 1997 we had completed almost half of the survey of both Clouds. Preliminary analysis of both survey and pre-survey emission-line data has already yielded significant results, providing identification or supporting optical imagery of 4 newly discovered supernova remnants (Smith etá al.\ 1994, Chu etá al. 1994, Chu etá al. 1997) and optical data for the multiwavelength analyses of SNRs (Williams etá al. 1997), superbubbles (Mac Low etá al. 1997), and supergiant shells (Points etá al. 1997). When complete, the survey will provide definitive samples of wind-blown bubbles, PNe, and SNRs, as well as calibrated multiple emission-line images of HII regions, superbubbles, and supergiant shells. Further information about the MCELS, including details about the datasets and their eventual public release, can be found at http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/mcels.

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