Angular diameters of Magellanic Clouds planetary nebulae obtained using speckle interferometry.

Angular diameters of Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae obtained using speckle interferometry on the AAT are presented. The mass of ionized gas in each nebula is derived from the angular diameter and published Hβ line fluxes; the derived masses range from <0.005 M_sun; to >0.19 M_sun;, with a mean value of 0.08 M_sun;. All the planetary nebulae observed are relatively small (diameter ⪉0.13 pc), young (age ⪉2500 years), bright and dense. They are therefore almost certainly only partially ionized, so that the masses derived for the ionized parts of the nebula are lower limits to the total nebula mass.