The southern dust pillars of the Carina Nebula

Details The southern dust pillars of the Carina Nebula The southern dust pillars of the Carina Nebula

2001-08-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108519v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Hot Star Workshop III: The Earliest Phases of Massive Star Birth" (ed. P.A. Crowther

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We present preliminary results from a detailed study towards four previously detected bright mid-infrared sources in the southern part of the Carina Nebula: G287.73--0.92, G287.84--0.82, G287.93--0.99 and G288.07--0.80. All of these sources are located at the heads of giant dust pillars that point towards the nearby massive star cluster, Trumpler 16. It is unclear if these pillars are the prime sites for a new generation of triggered star formation or if instead they are the only remaining parts of the nebula where ongoing star fromation can take place.

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