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Infrared observations of OB star formation in NGC 6334

Author(s) -

P. M. Harvey,

I. Gatley

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/161068

Subject(s) - physics , protostar , astrophysics , infrared , star formation , photometry (optics) , stars , astronomy , young stellar object , molecular cloud , orion nebula , infrared astronomy , stellar evolution

Infrared photometry and maps from 2 to 100 microns are presented for three of the principal far infrared sources in NGC 6334. Each region is powered by two or more very young stars. The distribution of dust and ionized gas is probably strongly affected by the presence of the embedded stars; one of the sources is a blister H II region, another has a bipolar structure, and the third exhibits asymmetric temperature structure. The presence of protostellar objects throughout the region suggests that star formation has occurred nearly simultaneously in the whole molecular cloud rather than having been triggered sequentially from within. Previously announced in STAR as N83-16263

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