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The Galactic Distribution of Massive Stars Embedded in Molecular Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

L. Bronfman*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomía Universidad de Chile

Abstract

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Observations of the CS J = 2 → 1 line have been made with SEST toward IRAS point sources associated with the largest molecular cloud complexes in the southern Milky Way. A total of 294 embedded stellar objects have been detected and their distribution in the Galaxy derived.

Type
VI- Other Gaseous Components
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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