  Low and intermediate mass stars (0.8-8M$\odot$) in the end of their evolution
pass through a series of events of mass loss, which contributes for the
enrichment of the interstellar medium. The end of this evolutionary process is
preceded by the planetary nebulae (PNe) phase, representing an important source
of information for understanding the chemical enrichment of galaxies. The M83
barred galaxy is a relatively nearby galaxy, which allows the
spectrophotometric study of its photoionized objects. In the literature, HII
regions have been extensively explored in this galaxy, though its PNe
population has not previously been addressed. In this work we report, for the
first time, a spectrophotometric study of the PNe population in the M83 galaxy.
The data was observed with the Gemini GMOS multi-object spectrograph in 2014
using two grating configurations (R400 and B600) and under an excellent seeing
condition (< 0.8 arcsec). These data are curently being reduced with the Gemini
Pyraf package. In the first phase of this project we wish to confirm
spectroscopically the PNe candidates of the sample to further analyze, for the
first time, the radial gradient of chemical abundances from the PNe population
in this galaxy.
