Formaldehyde observations at XAO
Abstract
In recent years our team has performed H2CO(110 - 111) observations towards GMCs and HII regions with the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CAS. Here, we provide a summary of these observations. More than 200 new formaldehyde sources are detected, 8 extended GMC have been mapped, kinetic distances, Galactic structure and a related discussion are provided.
- Publication:
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Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921313000422
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..292...62W
- Keywords:
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- ISM: clouds;
- HII regions