Discovery of a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Details Discovery of a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud Discovery of a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Dec 1981

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 197, Dec. 1981, p. 17P-21P. Research supported by the Royal Observatory

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Infrared Astronomy, Magellanic Clouds, Molecular Clouds, Protostars, Stellar Spectra, Astronomical Maps, H Ii Regions, Milky Way Galaxy, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectrophotometry

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A near infrared search of the H II region/molecular cloud complex N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud has revealed a very red (H-K = 2.1, K-L-prime = 2.7) compact object. The location, brightness, color and 2.1-2.4 micron spectrum of this source suggest that it is very young, and similar to the galactic infrared protostars. This is the first identification of an infrared protostar in an external galaxy. Its discovery provides direct evidence of current star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and suggests that regions of star formation in external galaxies will appear similar to those in the Milky Way.

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