Small-scale structure of the CO emission in S255 from lunar occultation observations

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Jan 1980

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 235, Jan. 1, 1980, p. L33-L37.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Carbon Monoxide, Interstellar Gas, Lunar Occultation, Nebulae, Clouds, Emission Spectra, H Ii Regions, Infrared Astronomy, Millimeter Waves, Molecular Spectra

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Two lunar occultations of the S255 H II region/molecular cloud complex were observed in the 2.6 mm CO line during 1978 and 1979. The resolution obtained (between 4 arcsec and 7 arcsec) enables us to resolve bright sources that are much smaller than the 44 arcsec telescope beam. In addition to the large-scale structure (approximately 10 arcmin in size) seen in previous CO maps, the observations reveal two high-temperature emission regions in the cloud core associated with two compact infrared sources about 20 arcsec apart. The first CO hot spot is larger in size with a Gaussian width of 41 arcsec + or - 7 arcsec and a peak temperature of 65 K. Its center falls between the two small infrared sources S255 IRS1 and IRS2. The linear size and peak temperature of this source are remarkably similar to those in the Orion Kleinmann-Low nebula. The second source is revealed from a discontinuous change in the CO line flux as the lunar limb crossed S255 IRS1. The size of this component is less than 7 arcsec; its temperature must exceed 200 K. No evidence is found for exceptionally high temperatures at the boundary of the two H II regions crossed during the occultations.

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