scholarly journals VLBA determinations of the distances to nearby star-forming regions

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S248) ◽  
pp. 186-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Loinard ◽  
R. M. Torres ◽  
A. J. Mioduszewski ◽  
L. F. Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Young Stars ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Nearby Star ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Trigonometric Parallax ◽  
Linear Extent ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Very Long Baseline Array

AbstractUsing phase-referenced multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Array observations, we have measured the trigonometric parallax of several young stars in the Taurus and Ophiuchus star-forming regions with unprecedented accuracy. The mean distance to the Taurus complex was found to be about 140 pc, and its depth around 20 pc, comparable to the linear extent of Taurus on the sky. In Ophiuchus, 4 sources have been observed so far. Two of them were found to be at about 160 pc (the distance traditionally attributed to Ophiuchus), while the other 2 are at about 120 pc. Since the entire Ophiuchus complex is only a few parsecs across, this difference is unlikely to reflect the depth of the region. Instead, we argue that two physically unrelated sites of star-formation are located along the line of sight toward Ophiuchus.

scholarly journals Distance and Maser Outflows of the Galactic Star-forming Region W51 Main/South

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S287) ◽  
pp. 423-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayumi Sato ◽  
Mark J. Reid ◽  
Andreas Brunthaler ◽  
Karl M. Menten
Keyword(s):  
Massive Star ◽  
Young Stellar Objects ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Stellar Objects ◽  
Maser Emission ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Trigonometric Parallax ◽  
Very Long Baseline Array

AbstractWe report on high-resolution astrometry of 22 GHz H2O maser emission in the Galactic massive star-forming region W51 Main/South using the Very Long Baseline Array. We measured the trigonometric parallax of W51 Main/South to be 0.185 ± 0.010 mas, corresponding to a distance of 5.41+0.31−0.28 kpc. The H2O maser emission in W51 Main/South traces four powerful bipolar outflows within a 0.4 pc size region, three of which are associated with dusty molecular hot cores and/or hyper- or ultra-compact Hii regions. The maser outflows in W51 Main/South have a relatively small range of internal 3D speeds, suggesting that multiple speed maser outflows in other Galactic massive star-forming regions may come from separate young stellar objects closely spaced on the sky.

scholarly journals The Galactic Halo Ionising Field

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bland-Hawthorn ◽  
P. R. Maloney
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Galactic Disk ◽  
Line Emission ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Optical Line ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Magellanic Stream

AbstractThere has been much debate in recent decades as to what fraction of ionising photons from star-forming regions in the Galactic disk escape into the halo. The recent detection of the Magellanic Stream in optical line emission at the CTIO 4 m and the AAT 3·9 m telescopes may now provide the strongest evidence that at least some of the radiation escapes the disk completely. We present a simple model to demonstrate that, while the distance to the Magellanic Stream is uncertain, the observed emission measures (εm ≈ 0·5 – 1 cm−6 pc) are most plausibly explained by photoionisation due to hot, young stars. This model requires that the mean Lyman-limit opacity perpendicular to the disk is τLL ≈ 3, and the covering fraction of the resolved clouds is close to unity. Alternative sources (e.g. shock, halo, LMC or metagalactic radiation) contribute negligible ionising flux.

scholarly journals Parallax of Star-forming Region G027.22+0.14

2022 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
S. B. Bian ◽  
Y. Xu ◽  
J. J. Li ◽  
Y. W. Wu ◽  
B. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proper Motion ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Mass Star ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Trigonometric Parallax ◽  
Peculiar Motion ◽  
Very Long Baseline Array ◽  
Lower Luminosity

Abstract Using the Very Long Baseline Array, we measured the trigonometric parallax and proper motions toward a 6.7 GHz methanol maser in the distant high-mass star-forming region G027.22+0.14. The distance of this source is determined to be 6.3 − 0.5 + 0.6 kpc. Combining its Galactic coordinates, radial velocity, and proper motion, we assign G027.22+0.14 to the far portion of the Norma arm. The low peculiar motion and lower luminosity of G027.22+0.14 support the conjecture by Immer et al. that low-luminosity sources tend to have low peculiar motions.

scholarly journals Double trouble: Gaia reveals (proto)planetary systems that may experience more than one dense star-forming environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. L12-L17
Author(s):  
Christina Schoettler ◽  
Richard J Parker
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Young Star ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Orion Nebula ◽  
External Effects ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Ejection Process ◽  
Runaway Stars

ABSTRACT Planetary systems appear to form contemporaneously around young stars within young star-forming regions. Within these environments, the chances of survival, as well as the long-term evolution of these systems, are influenced by factors such as dynamical interactions with other stars and photoevaporation from massive stars. These interactions can also cause young stars to be ejected from their birth regions and become runaways. We present examples of such runaway stars in the vicinity of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) found in Gaia DR2 data that have retained their discs during the ejection process. Once set on their path, these runaways usually do not encounter any other dense regions that could endanger the survival of their discs or young planetary systems. However, we show that it is possible for star–disc systems, presumably ejected from one dense star-forming region, to encounter a second dense region, in our case the ONC. While the interactions of the ejected star–disc systems in the second region are unlikely to be the same as in their birth region, a second encounter will increase the risk to the disc or planetary system from malign external effects.

scholarly journals Giant Molecular Cloud Formation at the Interface of Colliding Supershells in the Large Magellanic Cloud

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Fujii ◽  
Norikazu Mizuno ◽  
J R Dawson ◽  
Tsuyoshi Inoue ◽  
Kazufumi Torii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Cloud Formation ◽  
Beam Size ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities ◽  
Atomic Medium ◽  
High Column ◽  
Compact Array

Abstract We investigate the H i envelope of the young, massive GMCs in the star-forming regions N48 and N49, which are located within the high column density H i ridge between two kpc-scale supergiant shells, LMC 4 and LMC 5. New long-baseline H i 21 cm line observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) were combined with archival shorter baseline data and single dish data from the Parkes telescope, for a final synthesized beam size of 24.75″ by 20.48″, which corresponds to a spatial resolution of ∼ 6 pc in the LMC. It is newly revealed that the H i gas is highly filamentary, and that the molecular clumps are distributed along filamentary H i features. In total 39 filamentary features are identified and their typical width is ∼ 21 (8–49) [pc]. We propose a scenario in which the GMCs were formed via gravitational instabilities in atomic gas which was initially accumulated by the two shells and then further compressed by their collision. This suggests that GMC formation involves the filamentary nature of the atomic medium.

scholarly journals VLBA DETERMINATION OF THE DISTANCE TO NEARBY STAR-FORMING REGIONS. IV. A PRELIMINARY DISTANCE TO THE PROTO-HERBIG AeBe STAR EC 95 IN THE SERPENS CORE

2010 ◽  
Vol 718 (2) ◽  
pp. 610-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Dzib ◽  
Laurent Loinard ◽  
Amy J. Mioduszewski ◽  
Andrew F. Boden ◽  
Luis F. Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nearby Star ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions

scholarly journals Shocked Molecular Hydrogen from Star Forming Regions

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 181-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adair P. Lane ◽  
John Bally
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Young Stars ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Molecular Gas ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Post Shock

Near infrared (2 micron) emission lines from molecular hydrogen provide a powerful probe of the morphology and energetics of outflows associated with stellar birth. The H2 emission regions trace the location of shock waves formed when the high velocity outflow from young stars encounters dense quiescent gas. Since H2 is the dominant coolant of the hot post-shock molecular gas, the H2 lines provide a measure of the fraction of the total mechanical luminosity radiated away from the cloud.

scholarly journals Water Masers Outburst in the Massive Stellar Cluster W49A

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (S316) ◽  
pp. 155-156
Author(s):  
Busaba H. Kramer ◽  
Karl M. Menten ◽  
Tomasz Kamiński ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Nimesh A. Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stellar Cluster ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Major Flare ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
Remarkable Result ◽  
Water Masers ◽  
Very Long Baseline Array ◽  
Very High

AbstractWe report a multi-wavelength study of a recent major flare (~ 80,000 Jy at VLSR ~ -98.1 km s−1) of the 22-GHz water maser in W49A. In February 2014, we started monthly monitoring with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope. In May 2014, we carried out the nearly simultaneous observations of the 22-GHz transition with selected submillimeter water transitions using the IRAM 30-m telescope (at 183 GHz) and the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) 12-m telescope (from 321 to 475 GHz). We have also performed interferometric observations using the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 22 GHz and the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at 321 and 325 GHz. One remarkable result is the detection of very high velocity emission features in several transitions. Our data also represent its first detection of the 475-GHz water transition in a star-forming region. Studying these multiple masing transitions in conjunction with theoretical modeling of their excitation not only places strong constraints on the physical conditions of the masing gas but also allows us to study their association with the embedded massive stellar cluster in W49A.

scholarly journals VLBI observations of the G25.65+1.05 water maser superburst

2019 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 4069-4075 ◽  
Author(s):  
R A Burns ◽  
G Orosz ◽  
O Bayandina ◽  
G Surcis ◽  
M Olech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Massive Star ◽  
Very Long Baseline Interferometry ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Rapid Onset ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Vlbi Observations ◽  
Water Maser

ABSTRACT This paper reports observations of a 22 GHz water maser ‘superburst’ in the G25.65+1.05 massive star-forming region, conducted in response to an alert from the Maser Monitoring Organisation (M2O). Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations using the European VLBI Network (EVN) recorded a maser flux density of 1.2 × 104 Jy. The superburst was investipgated in the spectral, structural, and temporal domains and its cause was determined to be an increase in maser path length generated by the superposition of multiple maser emitting regions aligning in the line of sight to the observer. This conclusion was based on the location of the bursting maser in the context of the star-forming region, its complex structure, and its rapid onset and decay.

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