A catalog of small, optically selected molecular clouds - Optical, infrared, and millimeter properties

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Oct 1988

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Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 68, Oct. 1988, p. 257-286. Research supported by NASA IRAS Genera

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Catalogs, Infrared Astronomy, Millimeter Waves, Molecular Clouds, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Stellar Coronas, Far Infrared Radiation, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Northern Hemisphere, Radial Velocity

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A catalog of small, optically selected molecular clouds is presented. The relevant selection criteria were small angular size, large central opacity, and freedom from connecting opaque material. The mean ellipticity of the clouds in the catalog is 2.0, with a maximum ellipticity of 7. The position angle of the clouds is uncorrelated with the direction of the Galactic plane. About 60 percent of the cataloged clouds have associated IRAS Point Source Catalog (PSC) sources in their cores or envelopes. The likelihood of a detection of a PSC source is some 6.1 times higher for the core regions of the clouds than for the envelopes, indicating a strong association of FIR sources and Bok globules. Of a sample of 97 of the clouds observed in the J = 2-1 line of (C-12)O, 70 percent have cold gas kinetic temperatures and approximately sonic line widths. The remaining 30 percent are about equally divided between those clouds likely to be radiatively heated by nearby stars and those undergoing active protostellar collapse or outflows with no bulk gas heating.

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