Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-08-11
Astron.Astrophys. 428 (2004) 723-739
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, 9 figures, the images in this version are low resolution. High resolution images are available on request from the l
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20040485
We report Radio Recombination Line (RRL) and continuum observations toward the IRAS point source 16362--4845, embedded within the Bright-Rimmed Cloud (BRC) SFO 79, a small molecular cloud lying at the edge of the HII region RCW 108. High resolution observations of the H92alpha hydrogen recombination line and of the continuum emission (3.6 and 6 cm) confirm the presence of a resolved Ultra Compact (UC) HII region embedded within the molecular cloud. The integrated radio fluxes suggest the source of the ionisation to be an O9 Zero Age Main Sequence (ZAMS) star. Millimetre observations of 12CO, 13CO and C18O (J=1--0) molecular lines reveal the presence of a molecular condensation offset \~30 arcsec to the north of the IRAS position on the boundary of the UC HII region. Analysis of 2MASS data has led to the identification of a small IR cluster of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) that are positionally coincident with the UC HII region, lying to the south east of the peak of the radio emission. Moreover, the UC HII region appears to be extended in the direction of the IR cluster, which suggests that the radio emission and the IR cluster are in some way related to each other. MSX 8.3 micron and 21.3 micron images have been used to trace the large scale structure of the BRC, revealing the presence of a Photo Dominated Region (PDR) and three embedded thermal sources within the molecular cloud. The alignment of the three thermal sources along a line parallel to the bright rim suggests that they could have been triggered by the propagation of a plane parallel shock through the cloud.
Morgan L. K.
Thompson Maggie A.
Urquhart James S.
White Glenn J.
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