2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/8137The recent HST optical images, and the optical and ultraviolet spectra, of Magellanic planetary nebulae (PNe), together with the large data-base that has been collected in the past decade, allows unprecedented insight in the evolution of PNe and their central stars. In this paper we present a selection of recent results: The analysis of PN morphology, both in the optical and ultra-violet emission lines; the relation between nebular morphology and the chemistry produced by stellar evolution; the direct determination of the transition time from observations; and the study of the nature and evolutionary stage of the components of the planetary nebula luminosity function.12 pages, 6 figures Invited review to be published in the proceedings of the ESO workshop "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way", Springer-Verlag Fig. 2 in jpg formatAstrophysicstext