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Supersonic Cloud Collision
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Title: Supersonic Cloud Collision-II Authors: S. Anathpindika In this, second paper of the sequel of two papers, we present five SPH simulations of fast head-on cloud collisions and study the evolution of the ram pressure confined gas slab. Anathpindika (2008) (hereafter paper I) considered hi...
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Serpens Molecular Cloud
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Title: The Serpens Molecular Cloud Authors: C. Eiroa, A.A. Djupvik, M.M. Casali The Serpens cloud has received considerable attention in the last years, in particular the small region known as the Serpens cloud core where a plethora of star formation related phenomena are found. This review summ...
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The Coalsack
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Title: Near-Infrared Extinction in The Coalsack Globule 2
Authors: Takahiro Naoi, Motohide Tamura, Tetsuya Nagata, Yasushi Nakajima, Hiroshi Suto, Koji Murakawa, Ryo Kandori, Sho Sasaki, Shogo Nishiyama, Yumiko Oasa, Koji Sugitani
We have conducted J, H, and Ks imagin...
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W40 Cloud Complex
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Title: The W40 Cloud Complex Authors: Steven A. Rodney, Bo Reipurth The W40 complex is a nearby site of recent massive star formation composed of a dense molecular cloud adjacent to an HII region that contains an embedded OB star cluster. The HII region is beginning to blister out and break free from i...
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Bok Globule B335
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Title: Spitzer Observations of Bok Globule B335: Isolated Star Formation Efficiency and Cloud Structure Authors: Amelia M. Stutz, Mark Rubin, Michael W. Werner, George H. Rieke, John H. Bieging, Jocelyn Keene, Miju Kang, Yancy L. Shirley, K. Y. L. Su, Thangasamy Velusamy, David J. Wilner We pres...
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L1615/L1616 cometary cloud
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Title: The star formation in the L1615/L1616 cometary cloud Authors: Davide Gandolfi (1,2,3), Juan M. Alcalá (2), Silvio Leccia (2), Antonio Frasca (1), Loredana Spezzi (1,2), Elvira Covino (2), Leonardo Testi (4), Ettore Marilli (1), Jouni Kainulainen (5) ((1) INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisic...
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Interstellar clouds
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Astronomers have measured the distribution of mass inside a dark filament in a molecular cloud with an amazing level of detail and to great depth. The measurement is based on a new method that looks at the scattered near-infrared light or 'cloudshine' and was made with ESO's New Technology Telescop...
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High-Velocity Cloud Complex C
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Title: An Accurate Distance to High-Velocity Cloud Complex C Authors: C. Thom, J.E.G. Peek, M.E. Putman, Carl Heiles, K.M.G. Peek, R. Wilhelm (Version v2) We report an accurate distance of d = 10+/-2.5kpc to the high-velocity cloud Complex C. Using high signal-to-noise Keck/HIRES spectra of two...
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Taurus Dark Clouds
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Title: A Catalogue of Background Stars Reddened by Dust in the Taurus Dark Clouds Authors: S. S. Shenoy, D. C. B. Whittet, J. A. Ives, D. M. Watson Normal field stars located behind dense clouds are a valuable resource in interstellar astrophysics, as they provide continua in which to study phenomen...
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VII. Ophiuchus Interstellar Clouds
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Title: The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds: VII. Ophiuchus Observed with MIPS Authors: Deborah L. Padgett, Luisa M. Rebull, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Nicholas L. Chapman, Shih-Ping Lai, Lee G. Mundy, Neal J. Evans II, Timothy Y. Brooke, Lucas A. Cieza, William J. Spiesman, Al...
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Bok Globule CB54
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Title: Star Formation in the Bok Globule CB54 Authors: David R. Ciardi, Cynthia Gomez Martin We present mid-infrared (10.4 \micron, 11.7 \micron, and 18.3 \micron) imaging intended to locate and characterise the suspected protostellar components within the Bok globule CB54. We detect and conf...
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The Hercules-Aquila Cloud
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Title: The Hercules-Aquila Cloud Authors: V. Belokurov (1), N.W. Evans (1), E.F. Bell (2), M.J. Irwin (1), P.C. Hewett (1), S. Koposov (2), C.M. Rockosi (3), G. Gilmore (1), D. B. Zucker (1), M. Fellhauer (1), M.I. Wilkinson (1), D.M. Bramich (1), S. Vidrih (1), H.-W. Rix (2), T.C. Beers (4), D.P. Sch...
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metal-rich Cloud
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Astronomers, using the unique capabilities offered by the high-resolution spectrograph UVES on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, have found a metal-rich hydrogen cloud in the distant universe. The result may help to solve the missing metal problem and provides insight on how galaxies form.
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Bok globule Density Structure
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Near Infrared Imaging Survey of Bok Globules: Density Structure
Authors: Ryo Kandori, Yasushi Nakajima, Motohide Tamura, Ken'ichi Tatematsu, Yuri Aikawa, Takahiro Naoi, Koji Sugitani, Hidehiko Nakaya, Takahiro Nagayama, Tetsuya Nagata, Mikio Kurita, Daisuke Kato, Chie Nagashi...
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Barnard 72
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Dark nebulae snake across a gorgeous expanse of stars in this wide-field view toward the pronounceable constellation Ophiucus and the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.
In fact, the central S-shape seen here is well known as the Snake Nebula; located about 1.5° north-northeast of Theta Oph...
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L1506C
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Title: L1506: a prestellar core in the making Authors: Laurent Pagani (LERMA), Isabelle Ristorcelli (CESR), Nathalie Boudet (CESR), Martin Giard (CESR), Alain Abergel (IAS), Jean-Philippe Bernard (CESR) Exploring the structure and dynamics of cold starless clouds is necessary to understan...
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Bok globule CB17
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Title: SMA and Spitzer Observations of Bok Glouble CB17: A Candidate First Hydrostatic Core? Authors: Xuepeng Chen (1), Hector G. Arce (1), Michael M. Dunham (1), Qizhou Zhang (2), Tyler L. Bourke (2), Ralf Launhardt (3), Markus Schmalzl (3), Thomas Henning (3) ((1) Yale Astronomy Department, (2...
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Bok globule CB56
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Title: Imaging polarimetry of the Bok globule CB56 Authors: D. Paul, H. S. Das, A. K. Sen The measurement of polarisation of the background stars in the region of Bok globules is important to study the magnetic field geometry and dust grain characteristics in the globule. These parameters are impor...
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