IRAS Observations of the Outer Galaxy

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Jan 1997

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American Astronomical Society, 189th AAS Meeting, late abstracts, #120.18; Bulletin of the American Astronomical, Vol. 29, p. 73

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The infrared emission in two fields of the outer Galaxy is analyzed using the IRAS image data. We present a census of discrete (but extended) IRAS sources, identified from the 60 micron images. We distinguish sources on the basis of their flux density distributions. Most sources fit into a single class (identified with star forming regions) that match the colors of normal spiral galaxies. The discrete sources have been carefully measured on IRAS Coadd images and detailed comparisons are made with the results from other IRAS data products, especially with the Point Source Catalog (PSC). Information from these measurements are combined with larger scale IRAS images to investigate the relative contributions of different components of the outer Galaxy to the total mid and far-infrared emission. At 60 and 100 microns the diffuse emission (i.e. infrared cirrus) dominates the emission from the discrete sources, which include all possible sites of star formation. Preliminary comparisons to observations at other wavelengths are also presented.

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