Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-08-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJL -- 11 pages, 2 figures (1 colour)
Scientific paper
10.1086/592382
Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs) represent the earliest observed stages of clustered star formation, characterized by large column densities of cold and dense molecular material observed in silhouette against a bright background of mid-IR emission. Up to now, IRDCs were predominantly known toward the inner Galaxy where background infrared emission levels are high. We present Spitzer observations with the Infrared Camera Array toward object G111.80+0.58 (G111) in the outer Galactic Plane, located at a distance of ~3 kpc from us and ~10 kpc from the Galactic center. Earlier results show that G111 is a massive, cold molecular clump very similar to IRDCs. The mid-IR Spitzer observations unambiguously detect object G111 in absorption. We have identified for the first time an IRDC in the outer Galaxy, which confirms the suggestion that cluster-forming clumps are present throughout the Galactic Plane. However, against a low mid-IR back ground such as the outer Galaxy it takes some effort to find them.
Carey Sean Joseph
Frieswijk W. F. W.
Shipman Russell F.
Spaans Marco
Teyssier David
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