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The Unusual Variability of the Large Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebula RPJ 053059-683542

The Unusual Variability of the Large Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebula RPJ 053059-683542

We present images and light curves of the bipolar planetary nebula RPJ 053059-683542 that was discovered in the Reid-Parker AAO UKST Hα survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The emission from this object appears entirely nebular, with the central star apparently obscured by a central band of absorption that bisects …