The X-ray Point Source Population of M 17, the Omega Nebula

Details The X-ray Point Source Population of M 17, the Omega Nebula The X-ray Point Source Population of M 17, the Omega Nebula

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...207.7429b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #74.29; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1289

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present a high-spatial-resolution X-ray study of the point source population of the Omega Nebula (M 17), obtained in a 40-ksec Chandra/ACIS observation. NGC 6618, the massive cluster powering this H II region, is resolved at the arcsecond level into over 800 stellar sources. Chandra resolves the central O4-O4 binary and detects most of the O and early-B stars in the relatively unobscured parts of the field. Deeply embedded sources are detected in the dense cores M 17 North and M 17 Southwest. Hundreds of magnetically active pre-main sequence stars are scattered throughout the region. We show X-ray images, spectra of interesting sources, and statistical studies of the young stellar population of M17.

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