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The Environments of the Massive Star Clusters in the Carina Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Kate Brooks
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile
Jill Rathborne
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
Michael Burton
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia

Abstract

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We have imaged over an extensive field the 3.29-μm emission from the Carina Nebula. This emission arises from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are excellent tracers of photodissociation regions. The results emphasis the two very different environments of the massive star clusters of the nebula, Trumpler 14 and 16.

Type
Part 1. The Star Clusters of Local Group Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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