Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...245..138s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 245, Apr. 1, 1981, p. 138-147. NASA-NSF-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
74
Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Spectra, Interstellar Matter, Orion Nebula, Astronomical Maps, Line Spectra, Radiant Flux Density, Thermal Emission
Scientific paper
The unidentified infrared emission at a wavelength of 3.28 microns has been mapped in a 5 x 5 arcmin region of the Orion Nebula at a resolution of 30 arcsec along with continuum thermal emission at 3.5 microns in order to gain information on the probable source of the unidentified feature. The 3.28-micron emission is found to be extended over much of the nebula with a distribution very different from that of the 3.5-micron continuum. The ratio of 3.28-micron to 3.5-micron flux density is observed to range from a value of 7 in the Orion ionization ridge to less than 0.15 towards the Becklin-Neugebauer object, and to generally be larger toward the edges of the emitting region than toward the Trapezium. From the observations, it is concluded that the 3.28-micron emission originates in the ionization front between the foreground ionized gas and background molecular cloud, and may be due to thermal emission from complex, less volatile organic substances in grain mantles.
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