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We present sub-arcsecond (0.35"-0.9"), near-infrared J,H,K band photometric observations of six fields along the W51 Giant Molecular Cloud (W51 GMC). Our observations reveal four new, embedded clusters and provide a new high-resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. S. N. Kumar , U. S. Kamath , C. J. Davis

We present a multi-wavelength study to analyse the star formation process associated with the mid-infrared bubble CN 148 (H II region G10.3-0.1), which harbors an O5V-O6V star. The arc-shaped distribution of molecular CO(2-1) emission, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 L. K. Dewangan , D. K. Ojha , J. M. C. Grave , K. K. Mallick

The formation of massive stars and their arrival on the zero-age main-sequence occurs hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust. In the giant Hii region NGC 3603, the radiation of a young cluster of OB stars has dispersed dust and gas in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 C. A. Hummel , T. Stanke , R. Galvan-Madrid , B. S. Koribalski

To shed light on the time evolution of local star formation episodes in M33, we study the association between 566 Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), identified through the CO (J=2-1) IRAM-all-disk survey, and 630 Young Stellar Cluster…

We have surveyed a ~0.9-square-degree area of the W3 giant molecular cloud and star-forming region in the 850-micron continuum, using the SCUBA bolometer array on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. A complete sample of 316 dense clumps was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 T J T Moore , D E Bretherton , T Fujiyoshi , N A Ridge , J Allsopp , M G Hoare , S L Lumsden , J S Richer

The rest frame equivalent width of the [OII]3727 emission line, W(OII), has been measured for cluster and field galaxies in the CNOC redshift survey of rich clusters at 0.2<z<0.55. Emission lines of any strength in cluster galaxies at all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 Mike. L. Balogh , Simon L. Morris , H. K. C. Yee , R. G. Carlberg , E. Ellingson

We report the discovery of an extraordinarily massive young cluster of stars in the Galaxy, having an inferred total initial cluster mass comparable to the most massive young clusters in the Galaxy. Using {\it IRMOS}, {\it 2MASS}, and {\it…

This work aims at investigating the molecular gas component in the vicinity of two young stellar object (YSO) candidates identified at the border of the HII region G034.8-0.7 that is evolving within a molecular cloud shocked by the SNR W44.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Paron , M. E. Ortega , M. Rubio , G. Dubner

We present an updated catalog of 1300 objects in the field of M31, including 670 likely star clusters of various types. Archival images were inspected to confirm cluster classifications where possible, but most of the classifications were…

We present new mm interferometric and optical integral-field unit (IFU) observations and construct a sample of 12 E and S0 galaxies with molecular gas which have both CO and optical maps. The galaxies contain 2 x 10^7 to 5 x 10^9 M\odot of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Alison F. Crocker , Martin Bureau , Lisa M. Young , Francoise Combes

We analyse C$^{18}$O ($J=3-$2) data from a sample of 99 infrared-bright massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and compact HII regions that were identified as potential molecular-outflow sources in the Red MSX source (RMS) survey. We extract…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 L. T. Maud , S. L. Lumsden , T. J. T. Moore , J. C. Mottram , J. S. Urquhart , A. Cicchini

Observations indicate that massive stars form in regions of very high surface density, ~1 g cm^-2. Clusters containing massive stars and globular clusters have a comparable column density. The total pressure in clouds of such a column…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Christopher F. McKee , Jonathan C. Tan

We report interferometric observations of the high-mass star-forming object IRAS 23033+5951. Our observations reveal two massive molecular cloud cores, designated IRAS 23033+5951-MMS1 and IRAS 23033+5951-MMS2. MMS1 has already formed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael A. Reid , Brenda C. Matthews

Small amounts of star formation in elliptical galaxies are suggested by several results: surprisingly young ages from optical line indices, cooling X-ray gas, and mid-IR dust emission. Such star formation has previously been difficult to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 H. Alyson Ford , Joel N. Bregman

Stellar population and the interstellar gas-dust medium in the vicinity of the open star cluster vdB 130 are analysed using optical observations taken with the 6-m telescope of the SAO RAS and the 125-cm telescope of the SAI MSU along with…

We present wide area radio (12 mm) Mopra Telescope observations of the complex and rich massive star forming region G305. Our goals are to determine the reservoir for star formation within G305 using NH3 to trace the dense molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Hindson , M. A. Thompson , J. S. Urquhart , J. S. Clark , B. Davies

We report the results obtained from a multi-wavelength study of the HII region, G18.148$-$0.283, using the upgraded Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) at 1350 MHz along with other archival data. In addition to the radio continuum…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-28 Jyotirmoy Dey , Jagadheep D. Pandian , Dharam Vir Lal

It is well known that most of the stars form in rich clusters. However, recent $Spitzer$ observations have shown that a significant number of stars also form in distributed mode, origin of which is not well understood. In this work, we aim…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Neelam Panwar , Manash R. Samal , A. K. Pandey , H. P . Singh , Saurabh Sharma

We report the results of our observations of the 12CO (J=1-0) and 12CO (J=3-2) line emission of 74 major giant molecular clouds (GMCs) within the galactocentric distance of 5.1 kpc in the Local Group galaxy M33. The observations have been…

Infrared Dark Clouds are ideal laboratories to study the initial processes of high-mass star and star cluster formation. We investigated star formation activity of an unexplored filamentary dark cloud (~5.7pc x 1.9pc), which itself is part…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-09 M. R. Samal , D. K. Ojha , J. Jose , A. Zavagno , S. Takahashi , B. Neichel , J. S. Kim , N. Chauhan , A. K. Pandey , I. Zinchenko , M. Tamura , S. K. Ghosh