Molecular clouds study from 3D extinction maps Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Guo H.-L.
  2. Chen B.-Q.
  3. Liu X.-W.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a large catalogue of molecular clouds with accurate distance estimates in the Southern sky. Based on the three-dimensional dust extinction map and the best-fitting extinction and distance information of over 17 million stars presented in Guo et al. (2021ApJ...906...47G), we have identified 250 dust/molecular clouds in the Southern sky using a hierarchical structure identification algorithm. Amongst these are 71 clouds located at high Galactic latitudes (b < -10{deg}). We have estimated the distances to the clouds by fitting the extinction versus distance profiles of the lines of sight overlapping with the clouds, using a simple Gaussian dust distribution model. The typical uncertainties of the distances are less than 7 per cent. We also provide the physical properties of the individual clouds, including the linear radius, mass and surface mass density.

Keywords
  1. milky-way-galaxy
  2. interstellar-medium
  3. star-forming-regions
  4. molecular-clouds
  5. photometry
  6. visible-astronomy
  7. infrared-astronomy
  8. astrometry
  9. extinction
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022MNRAS.511.2302G
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.75112302

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2025-02-17T14:25:14Z
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2025-02-17T14:25:14Z
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