Catalog of bubbles from Milky Way Project Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Simpson R.J.
  2. Povich M.S.
  3. Kendrew S.
  4. Lintott C.J.
  5. Bressert E.,Arvidsson K.
  6. Cyganowski C.
  7. Maddison S.
  8. Schawinski K.
  9. Sherman R.,Smith A.M.
  10. Wolf-Chase G.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a new catalogue of 5106 infrared bubbles created through visual classification via the online citizen science website The Milky Way Project. Bubbles in the new catalogue have been independently measured b at least five individuals, producing consensus parameters for their position, radius, thickness, eccentricity and position angle. Citizen scientists - volunteers recruited online and taking part in this research - have independently rediscovered the locations of at least 86 percent of three widely used catalogues of bubbles and HII regions whilst finding an order of magnitude more objects. 29 per cent of the Milky Way Project catalogue bubbles lie on the rim of a larger bubble, or have smaller bubbles located within them, opening up the possibility of better statistical studies of triggered star formation. Also outlined is the creation of a heat map of star formation activity in the Galactic plane. This online resource provides a crowd-sourced map of bubbles and arcs in the Milky Way, and will enable better statistical analysis of Galactic star formation sites.

Keywords
  1. h-ii-regions
  2. infrared-sources
  3. interstellar-medium
  4. molecular-clouds
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2012MNRAS.424.2442S
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/424/2442
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/424/2442
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74242442

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/424/2442
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/424/2442
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/424/2442
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwplarge?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwplarge?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwplarge?
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwpsmall?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwpsmall?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/424/2442/mwpsmall?

History

2013-10-23T17:03:33Z
Resource record created
2013-10-23T17:03:33Z
Created
2024-07-18T20:18:50Z
Updated

Contact

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