Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...20713215g&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #132.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1382
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
It is often hypothesized that star formation can be triggered or propagates from nearby sites that have recently formed stars. The superbubble LHα 120-N 51D (N51D) in the Large Magellanic Cloud contains two OB associations, LH 51 and LH 54 and appears to be a good site to search for evidence of triggered/propagating star formation. A previous study by Oey and Smedley (1998) find ages for LH 51 and LH 54 of 1-2 Myr and ˜3 Myr, respectively. They also determine that the shell kinematics are consistent with the origin of this superbubble being the combined stellar winds of the massive stars in LH 54 and speculate that this may have triggered the formation of LH 51. We have examined the on-going star formation in N51D using combined observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Magellanic Clouds Emission Line Survey, the Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey and 2MASS. We find sites of on-going star formation both along the periphery of the the expanding superbubble shell and projected within the superbubble interior.
Chen Rosie Chang-Hui
Chu Y.-H. Y.-H.
Clayton Geoff C.
Dickel John R.
Dunne Bryan C.
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