The unusual cometary star-forming region G110-13

Details The unusual cometary star-forming region G110-13 The unusual cometary star-forming region G110-13

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...397..174o&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 397, no. 1, p. 174-186.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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B Stars, Cometary Atmospheres, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Interstellar Matter, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Carbon Monoxide, Far Infrared Radiation, Hydrogen Atoms, Molecular Gases, Point Sources, Radio Sources (Astronomy)

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We present far-IR, radio continuum, and spectral line observations of an unusual, highly elongated, comet-shaped molecular cloud, located about 100 pc from the Galactic plane. The presence of three late B-type stars embedded within, or adjacent to, this low-mass cloud implies a star-forming efficiency that may be as high as 30 percent. Several mechanisms that may have been responsible for its unusual morphology and high star-forming efficiency will be described and evaluated. Although ram-pressure resulting from the rapid motion of this cloud through the interstellar medium could explain its streamlined appearance, there is evidence that G110-13 is the compression front formed by a recent cloud collision.

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