The COordinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction Thermal Emission Survey of Star Forming Regions
Dark Clouds Shine at 21st mag in J & H, providing a new way to map the dense ISM with sub-arcsec resolutionJonathan Foster, Alyssa GoodmanPublicationsJonathan B. Foster & Alyssa A. Goodman, "Cloudshine: New Light on Dark Clouds", 2006, ApJ, 636, L105. Press Release Padoan, Juvela & Pelkonen, "High Resolution Mapping of Interstellar Clouds by Near-IR Scattering", 2006, ApJ, 636, L101 FiguresBoth images: J=blue; H=green; K=red Outflows & Shining Dust
Outflows glowing red with excited hydrogen and a small blue reflection nebula frame L1448 in the southwest of Perseus. Ambient starlight reflects off dust density features in this small star-forming cloud, providing an unprecedented high-resolution view of its complicated structure. (frame is 15' x 15') Internal Structure of Dust Blobs Revealed
This overlay of our 1-mm (MAMBO/IRAM) dust map (contours) on our deep (Calar Alto) JHK color composite image shows how the near infrared literally highlights the edges of dense structures within molecular clouds. (frame is 15' x 15') |
COMPLETE Web Master: Sarah Block • COMPLETE PI: Alyssa Goodman This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-0407172. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Document URL: lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/COMPLETE/projects/cloudshine.html Last Modified: Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 11:46:46 EDT |