Infrared polarimetry in the rho Ophiuchus dark cloud.
Abstract
Infrared polarimetry has been obtained of 16 objects in the proposed region of star formation in the Rho Oph dark cloud. This study is used along with visual polarimetry, infrared photometry, and molecular line studies to deduce the cloud morphology around the very young stellar cluster.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1086/112408
- Bibcode:
- 1979AJ.....84..199W
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Astronomy;
- Line Spectra;
- Nebulae;
- Polarimetry;
- Star Clusters;
- Carbon Monoxide;
- Cosmic Dust;
- Density Distribution;
- Interstellar Extinction;
- Molecular Spectra;
- Self Absorption;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Astronomy;
- Dark Clouds:Infrared Polarization;
- Dark Clouds:Star Formation