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Title: Wide-field infrared survey explorer observations of young stellar objects in the Lynds 1509 dark cloud in Auriga

Abstract

The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has uncovered a striking cluster of young stellar object (YSO) candidates associated with the L1509 dark cloud in Auriga. The WISE observations, at 3.4 μm, 4.6 μm, 12 μm, and 22 μm, show a number of objects with colors consistent with YSOs, and their spectral energy distributions suggest the presence of circumstellar dust emission, including numerous Class I, flat spectrum, and Class II objects. In general, the YSOs in L1509 are much more tightly clustered than YSOs in other dark clouds in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region, with Class I and flat spectrum objects confined to the densest aggregates, and Class II objects more sparsely distributed. We estimate a most probable distance of 485-700 pc, and possibly as far as the previously estimated distance of 2 kpc.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]; ;  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032 (United States)
  4. Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, MC 314-6, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 605, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22340244
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 147; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1538-3881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; CLOUDS; COLOR; DUSTS; EMISSION; ENERGY SPECTRA; INFRARED SURVEYS; STAR CLUSTERS; STARS

Citation Formats

Liu, Wilson M., McCollum, Bruce, Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio, Padgett, Deborah L., Terebey, Susan, Angione, John, Rebull, Luisa M., and Leisawitz, David. Wide-field infrared survey explorer observations of young stellar objects in the Lynds 1509 dark cloud in Auriga. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/133.
Liu, Wilson M., McCollum, Bruce, Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio, Padgett, Deborah L., Terebey, Susan, Angione, John, Rebull, Luisa M., & Leisawitz, David. Wide-field infrared survey explorer observations of young stellar objects in the Lynds 1509 dark cloud in Auriga. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/133
Liu, Wilson M., McCollum, Bruce, Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio, Padgett, Deborah L., Terebey, Susan, Angione, John, Rebull, Luisa M., and Leisawitz, David. 2014. "Wide-field infrared survey explorer observations of young stellar objects in the Lynds 1509 dark cloud in Auriga". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/133.
@article{osti_22340244,
title = {Wide-field infrared survey explorer observations of young stellar objects in the Lynds 1509 dark cloud in Auriga},
author = {Liu, Wilson M. and McCollum, Bruce and Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio and Padgett, Deborah L. and Terebey, Susan and Angione, John and Rebull, Luisa M. and Leisawitz, David},
abstractNote = {The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has uncovered a striking cluster of young stellar object (YSO) candidates associated with the L1509 dark cloud in Auriga. The WISE observations, at 3.4 μm, 4.6 μm, 12 μm, and 22 μm, show a number of objects with colors consistent with YSOs, and their spectral energy distributions suggest the presence of circumstellar dust emission, including numerous Class I, flat spectrum, and Class II objects. In general, the YSOs in L1509 are much more tightly clustered than YSOs in other dark clouds in the Taurus-Auriga star forming region, with Class I and flat spectrum objects confined to the densest aggregates, and Class II objects more sparsely distributed. We estimate a most probable distance of 485-700 pc, and possibly as far as the previously estimated distance of 2 kpc.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/133},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22340244}, journal = {Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)},
issn = {1538-3881},
number = 6,
volume = 147,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}