STRONGLY METAL DEFICIENT PLANETARY NEBULAE
W. J. Maciel, J. A. Freitas Pacheco, S. J. Codina-Landaberry
Rev. Mexicana Astron. Astrofis. 21, 517-520 (1990)
We study a group of planetary nebulae of type II with extremely low
abundances of heavy elements. It is concluded that their central
stars have masses lower than expected from most stellar evolution
calculations.
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