Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula

Results are presented of a large-scale imaging photometric study of the stellar population in the northern part of NGC 3372 with a w avelength co verage from 0.33 to 2.5 µm. All observations were made at Las Campanas Observatory . The sizes of the three stellar clusters, Tr 14, Tr 15 and Tr 16, were...

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Autores principales: Tapia, M., Roth, M., Vázquez, Rubén Ángel, Persi, P.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2004
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/93707
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/rmaa/RMxAC..22/PDF/RMxAC..22_mtapia.pdf
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/37040
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topic Astronomía
Galaxy: open clusters and associations: general
HII regions
ISM: individual: NGC 3372
stars: formation
spellingShingle Astronomía
Galaxy: open clusters and associations: general
HII regions
ISM: individual: NGC 3372
stars: formation
Tapia, M.
Roth, M.
Vázquez, Rubén Ángel
Persi, P.
Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
topic_facet Astronomía
Galaxy: open clusters and associations: general
HII regions
ISM: individual: NGC 3372
stars: formation
description Results are presented of a large-scale imaging photometric study of the stellar population in the northern part of NGC 3372 with a w avelength co verage from 0.33 to 2.5 µm. All observations were made at Las Campanas Observatory . The sizes of the three stellar clusters, Tr 14, Tr 15 and Tr 16, were determined b y means of star counts. Two-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams are presented and analyzed for eac h individual cluster. The three clusters were found to b e at a similar distance from the Sun, < d > = 2.7 kpc, but with very large scatter in both A<sub>V</sub> and d. suggesting drastic variations in intracluster dust densit y . Dust particle size distribution variations are eviden t resulting in wide variations in extinction law. We determined ages bet ween 3 and 60 million years for Tr 15 and bet ween less than 1 and 6 million years for Tr 14 and Tr 16. The Tr 14 cluster is partially em bedded in a dense molecular cloud that extends to wards the south west reaching its highest densit y some three arcmin from the cluster nucleus. The ric h UV field created b y the Tr14 stars ionizes most of the visible HII region in its vicinit y and most of the radio HII region Car I. Deep J H K images of the Car I region reveal the presence of a young, em bedded stellar population that includes several O9–B0 stars and an ultracompact HII region.
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author Tapia, M.
Roth, M.
Vázquez, Rubén Ángel
Persi, P.
author_facet Tapia, M.
Roth, M.
Vázquez, Rubén Ángel
Persi, P.
author_sort Tapia, M.
title Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
title_short Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
title_full Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
title_fullStr Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
title_full_unstemmed Young and very young stars in NGC 3372, the Carina nebula
title_sort young and very young stars in ngc 3372, the carina nebula
publishDate 2004
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/93707
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/rmaa/RMxAC..22/PDF/RMxAC..22_mtapia.pdf
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/37040
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