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We have observed the Orion Molecular Clouds 2 and 3 (OMC-2 and OMC-3) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO). The northern part of OMC-3 is found to be particularly rich in new X-ray features; four hard X-ray sources are located in and…

We present the first high spatial resolution X-ray study of the massive star forming region NGC 6357, obtained in a 38 ks Chandra/ACIS observation. Inside the brightest constituent of this large HII region complex is the massive open…

We report the detection of hard X-ray emission (>2 keV) from a number of point sources associated with the very young massive star-forming region IRAS 19410+2336. The X-ray emission is detected from several sources located around the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Beuther , J. Kerp , T. Preibisch , T. Stanke , P. Schilke

A very sensitive X-ray investigation of the giant HII region N11 in the LMC was performed using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The 300ks observation reveals X-ray sources with luminosities down to 10^32 erg/s, increasing by more than a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Yael Naze , Q. Daniel Wang , You-Hua Chu , Robert Gruendl , Lida Oskinova

We present the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151. Observations with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer reveal a spectrum dominated by narrow emission lines from a spatially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. M. Ogle , H. L. Marshall , J. C. Lee , C. R. Canizares

High-resolution X-ray spectra of high-mass stars and low-mass T-Tauri stars obtained during the first year of the Chandra mission are providing important clues about the mechanisms which produce X-rays on very young stars. For zeta Puppis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marc Gagne , David Cohen , Stanley Owocki , Asif Ud-Doula

Previous radio and infrared observations have revealed an obscured region of high-mass star formation in Cygnus known as Onsala 2 (ON 2). Within this region lies the optically-revealed young stellar cluster Berkeley 87 which contains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Stephen L. Skinner , Kimberly R. Sokal , Manuel Guedel

We present arcsecond resolution Chandra X-ray and ground-based optical H-alpha imaging of a sample of ten edge-on star-forming disk galaxies (seven starburst and three ``normal'' spiral galaxies), a sample which covers the full range of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. K. Strickland , T. M. Heckman , E. J. M. Colbert , C. G. Hoopes , K. A. Weaver

We explore here the young stellar populations in the Rosette Molecular Cloud (RMC) region with high spatial resolution X-ray images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which are effective in locating weak-lined T Tauri stars as well as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Junfeng Wang , Eric D. Feigelson , Leisa K. Townsley , Carlos G. Roman-Zuniga , Elizabeth Lada , Gordon Garmire

Chandra is revolutionising our understanding of the X-ray emission from spiral galaxies. Before Chandra, detailed extragalactic studies were limited to Local Group galaxies. We are now able to obtain detailed inventories of sources in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrea H Prestwich

The aim of this work is to identify the so far unknown low mass stellar population of the ~2Myr old Cygnus OB2 region, and to investigate the X-ray and near-IR stellar properties of its members. We analyzed a 97.7 ksec Chandra ACIS-I…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. F. Albacete Colombo , E. Flaccomio , G. Micela , F. Damiani , S. Sciortino

We obtained near infrared (NIR) imaging with the Subaru Telescope of the class 0 protostar candidates in the Orion Molecular Cloud-3, two of which were discovered to have X-ray emission by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We found strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Tsujimoto , K. Koyama , Y. Tsuboi , G. Chartas , M. Goto , N. Kobayashi , H. Terada , A. T. Tokunaga

The Trifid Nebula, a young star-forming HII region, was observed for 16 hours by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We detected 304 X-ray sources, thirty percent of which are hard sources and seventy percent of of which have near-infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Rho , S. Ramirez , M. F. Corcoran , K. Hamaguchi , B. Lefloch

We observed the Monoceros R2 molecular cloud with the ACIS-I array onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. From the central 3.2' x 3.2' region, we detect 154 sources above the detection limit of ~5x10^-16 ergs s^-1 cm^-2 with a 100…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 M. Kohno , K. Koyama , K. Hamaguchi

An 800 sq-arcmin mosaic image of the W3 star forming complex obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory gives a valuable new view of the spatial structure of its young stellar populations. The Chandra image reveals about 1300 faint X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Eric D. Feigelson , Leisa K. Townsley

We present results of Chandra ACIS-I and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) 6 cm continuum observations of the IRAS 20126+4104 massive star forming region. We detect 150 X-ray sources within the 17 arcmin x 17 arcmin ACIS-I field, and a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-29 Virginie A. Montes , Peter Hofner , Crystal Anderson , Viviana Rosero

The CLASH X-ray selected sample of 20 galaxy clusters contains ten brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) that exhibit significant ($>$5 $\sigma$) extinction-corrected star formation rates (SFRs). Star formation activity is inferred from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 Kevin Fogarty , Marc Postman , Thomas Connor , Megan Donahue , John Moustakas

Using the Chandra ACIS-I instruments, we have carried out the deepest X-ray observation on a typical Galactic plane region at l 28.5 deg, where no discrete X-ray sources have been known previously. We have detected, as well as strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 K. Ebisawa , A. Bamba , H. Kaneda , Y. Maeda , A. Paizis , G. Sato , S. Yamauchi

We analyze a ~70 ksec Chandra ACIS-I exposure of the globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139). The ~17 amin x 17 amin field of view fully encompasses three core radii and almost twice the half-mass radius. We detect 180 sources to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Daryl Haggard , Adrienne M. Cool , Melvyn B. Davies

We identify optical emission-line features 700" (12 kpc) southwest of the nucleus of Centaurus A, roughly opposite the radio jet and well-known optical emission filaments associated with the northern radio structure. These regions are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-30 William C. Keel , Julie K. Banfield , Anne Medling , Susan G. Neff