The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds. VI. Perseus Observed with MIPS
We present observations of 10.6 deg2 of the Perseus molecularcloud at 24, 70, and 160 μm with Spitzer MIPS. The images showprominent, complex extended emission dominated by illuminating B starson the east side of the cloud and by cold filaments of 160 μmemission on the west side. Of 3950 point sources identified at 24 μm,1141 have 2MASS counterparts. A quarter of these populate regions of theKs versus Ks-[24] diagram that are distinct fromstellar photospheres and background galaxies and thus are likely to becloud members with infrared excess. Nearly half (46%) of these 24 μmexcess sources are distributed outside the IC 348 and NGC 1333 clusters.A significant number of IRAS PSC objects are not recovered by SpitzerMIPS, most often because the IRAS objects were confused by brightnebulosity. The intercluster region contains several tightly clumped(r~0.1 pc) young stellar aggregates whose members exhibit a wide varietyof infrared SEDs characteristic of different circumstellar environments.This could be explained by a significant age spread among the aggregatemembers, or if the members formed at the same time, a remarkably rapidcircumstellar evolution would be required to account for the associationof Class I and Class III sources at ages <~1 Myr. We highlightimportant results for the HH 211 flow, where the bow shocks are detectedat both 24 and 70 μm, and for the debris disk candidate BD +31 643,where the MIPS data show the linear nebulosity to be an unrelatedinterstellar feature. Our data, mosaics, and catalogs are available atthe Spitzer Science Archive for use by interested members of thecommunity.
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Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae
Several catalogues of reflection nebulae are merged to create a uniformcatalogue of 913 objects. It contains revised coordinates,cross-identifications of nebulae and stars, as well as identificationswith IRAS point sources.The catalogue is only available in electronic form at the CDS viaanonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or viahttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/399/141
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A Survey of Near-Infrared Emission in Visual Reflection Nebulae
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1996ApJS..102..369S&db_key=AST
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A Study of the Kinematics of the Local Dark Clouds
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The luminosity of reflection nebulae
Consideration is given to the connection between the dispersion inHubble's relation for reflection nebulae and their morphologicalcharacteristics. Statistical estimates show that the reflection nebulaeconnected with more opaque dust-gas clouds, compared to those near lessopaque clouds, have large values of Delta-B (the measure of deviationsin Hubble's relation) and a high surface brightness. These propertiesare more pronounced in the Herbig Ae/Be stars. Stars in the nebulaeconnected with more opaque dust-gas clouds were found to exhibit excessreddening, with R above 3.1. It is concluded that the dispersion in theHubble relation is mainly due to the optical depth of the nebulae.
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Molecular clouds associated with reflection nebulae. I - A survey of carbon monoxide emission
The paper presents 2.6 mm wavelength CO and (C-13)O observations of 130molecular clouds associated with reflection nebulae. Enhanced COemission was found in the vicinity of the illuminating star in abouthalf the objects studied. There is a tendency for the CO peak to beslightly displaced from the star. Many examples of peaks that appear toresult from heating of the cloud by the nearby star are found, whileothers appear to be associated with independent concentrations ofmaterial.
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Stars in reflection nebulae
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1968AJ.....73..233R&db_key=AST
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A study of reflection nebulae.
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1966AJ.....71..990V&db_key=AST
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Studies of bright diffuse galactic nebulae with special regard to their spatial distribution.
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TThe source of luminosity in galactic nebulae.
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