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We present a large catalogue of molecular clouds with accurate distance estimates in the southern sky. Based on the three-dimensional (3D) dust extinction map and the best-fit extinction and distance information of over 17 million stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 Helong Guo , Bingqiu Chen , Xiaowei Liu

Distance measurements to molecular clouds are essential and important. We present directly measured distances to 169 molecular clouds in the fourth quadrant of the Milky Way. Based on the near-infrared photometry from the Two Micron All Sky…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Chen Bingqiu , Wang Shu , Hou Ligang , Yang Yihong , Li Zhiwen , Zhao He , Biwei Jiang

We present a catalog of dust clouds at high Galactic latitude based on the Planck 857 GHz dust emission data. Using a clustering hierarchical algorithm, 315 dust cloud at high Galactic latitudes are identified. Additionally, using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-14 Mingxu Sun , Biwei Jiang , Helong Guo , Wenyuan Cui

Understanding the distribution and properties of molecular clouds is crucial for tracing the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium and the large-scale morphology of the Milky Way. Here we present an all-sky catalog of 3,345…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-10 Tao Wang , Haibo Yuan , Bingqiu Chen , Guangxing Li , Bowen Huang , Helong Guo , Ruoyi Zhang

We present distances to 56 molecular clouds within $10\degr \leq l \leq 20\degr$ and $|b| \leq 5.25\degr$ from the Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) $^{12}$CO survey, 47 of which are first-time determinations. The molecular clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-20 Juan Mei , Zhiwei Chen , Min Fang , Miaomiao Zhang , Shiyu Zhang , Zhibo Jiang

Distance measurements to molecular clouds are important, but are often made separately for each cloud of interest, employing very different different data and techniques. We present a large, homogeneous catalog of distances to molecular…

We present distances to 76 medium-sized molecular clouds and an extra large-scale one in the second Galactic quadrant ($104.75^\circ <l<150.25^\circ $ and $|b|<5.25^\circ$), 73 of which are accurately measured for the first time. Molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 Qing-Zeng Yan , Ji Yang , Yan Sun , Yang Su , Ye Xu , Hongchi Wang , Xin Zhou , Chen Wang

Accurate distances to local molecular clouds are critical for understanding the star and planet formation process, yet distance measurements are often obtained inhomogeneously on a cloud-by-cloud basis. We have recently developed a method…

Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of Galactic molecular clouds is important for understanding how clouds are affected by processes such as turbulence and magnetic fields and how this structure effects star formation within them.…

I present a catalog of distances to 63 molecular clouds located within ~2.5 kpc of the Sun. The cloud distances are derived based on utilizing the Gaia DR3 parallaxes of the young stellar objects (YSOs). By identifying AllWISE YSO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-19 Miaomiao Zhang

A set of diffuse interstellar clouds in the inner Galaxy within a few hundred pc of the Galactic plane has been observed at an angular resolution of ~1 arcmin combining data from the NRAO Green Bank Telescope and the Very Large Array. At…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Yurii Pidopryhora , Felix J. Lockman , John M. Dickey , Michael P. Rupen

We present a new method of calculating distances of molecular clouds in the Galactic plane, using CO observations and the Gaia DR2 parallax and G-band extinction ($A_G$) measurements. Due to the complexity of dust environments in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-05 Qing-Zeng Yan , Ji Yang , Yan Sun , Yang Su , Ye Xu

We want to estimate the distance to molecular clouds in the solar vicinity in a statistically precise way. Clouds are recognized as extinction discontinuities. The extinction is estimated from the $(H-K) \ vs. \ (J-H)$ diagram and distances…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-06-21 Jens Knude

High-resolution 3D maps of interstellar dust are critical for probing the underlying physics shaping the structure of the interstellar medium, and for foreground correction of astrophysical observations affected by dust. We aim to construct…

Molecular clouds are regions of dense gas and dust in space where new stars and planets are born. There is a strong correlation between the distribution of dust and molecular gas in molecular clouds. The present work focuses on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-28 Rui-Zhi Li , Bing-Qiu Chen , Guang-Xing Li , Bo-Ting Wang , Hao-Ming Ren , Qi-Ning Guo

Using near infrared UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey data, we make extinction measurements to individual stars along the same line of sight as molecular clouds. Using an existing 3D extinction map of the inner Galaxy, that provides line of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 J. J. Stead , M. G. Hoare

We report the distances of molecular clouds at high Galactic latitudes (|b|>10$^\circ$) derived from parallax and G band extinction (A$_{\rm G}$) measurements in the second Gaia data release, Gaia DR2. Aided by Bayesian analyses, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-03 Qing-Zeng Yan , Bo Zhang , Ye Xu , Sufen Guo , J. P. Macquart , Zheng-Hong Tang , A. J. Walsh

The Sun is located close to the Galactic mid-plane, meaning that we observe the Galaxy through significant quantities of dust. Moreover, the vast majority of the Galaxy's stars also lie in the disc, meaning that dust has an enormous impact…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-24 Amery Gration , John Magorrian

In this paper we present the distribution of molecular gas in the Milky Way Galactic plane from $l$ = [59.75, 74.75]$^{\circ}$ and $b$ = [${-}$5.25, +5.25]$^{\circ}$, using the MWISP $^{12}$CO/$^{13}$CO/$\rm {C}^{18}{O}$ emission line data.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-02 Chunxue Li , Hongchi Wang , Yuehui Ma , Lianghao Lin , Yang Su , Chong Li , Yan Sun , Xin Zhou , Ji Yang

We present a uniform catalog of accurate distances to local molecular clouds informed by the Gaia DR2 data release. Our methodology builds on that of Schlafly et al. (2014). First, we infer the distance and extinction to stars along…

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