A large catalogue of molecular clouds Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Chen B.-Q.
  2. Li G.-X.
  3. Yuan H.-B.
  4. Huang Y.
  5. Tian Z.-J.
  6. Wang H.-F.,Zhang H.-W.
  7. Wang C.
  8. Liu X.-W.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a large, homogeneous catalogue of molecular clouds within 4kpc from the Sun at low Galactic latitudes (|b|<10{deg}) with unprecedented accurate distance determinations. Based on the 3D dust reddening map and estimates of colour excesses and distances of over 32 million stars presented in Chen et al. (2019MNRAS.483.4277C), we have identified 567 dust/molecular clouds with a hierarchical structure identification method and obtained their distance estimates by a dust model fitting algorithm. The typical distance uncertainty is less than 5 per cent. As far as we know, this is the first large catalogue of molecular clouds in the Galactic plane with distances derived in a direct manner. The clouds are seen to lie along the Sagittarius, Local and Perseus Arms. In addition to the known structures, we propose the existence of a possible spur, with a pitch angle of about 34{deg}, connecting the Local and the Sagittarius Arms in the fourth quadrant. We have also derived the physical properties of those molecular clouds. The distribution of cloud properties in different parameter spaces agrees grossly with the previous results. Our cloud sample is an ideal starting point to study the concentration of dust and gas in the solar vicinity and their star formation activities.

Keywords
  1. molecular-clouds
  2. interstellar-medium
  3. milky-way-galaxy
  4. extinction
  5. visible-astronomy
  6. infrared-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020MNRAS.493..351C
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/493/351
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/493/351
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74930351

Access

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https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/493/351
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/493/351
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/493/351
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/493/351/table1?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/493/351/table1?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/493/351/table1?

History

2023-06-21T14:50:51Z
Resource record created
2023-06-21T14:50:51Z
Created
2024-08-20T20:16:38Z
Updated

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