Atlas and catalog of dark clouds based on 2MASS Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Dobashi K.
  2. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

This paper presents an atlas and catalog of dark clouds derived based on the 2 Micron All Sky Survey Point Source Catalog (2MASS PSC). Color excess maps of E(J-H) and E(H-K_S_) as well as extinction maps of A_J_, A_H_, and A_K_S_ covering all of the sky have been produced at the 1' grid with a changing angular resolution (~1'-12'), depending on the regions in the sky. Maps drawn at the lower 15' grid with a fixed 1{deg} resolution were also derived for various sets of threshold magnitudes in the J, H, and K_S_ bands to estimate the background star colors and star densities needed to derive the color excess and extinction maps. The maps obtained in this work are presented on various scales in a series of figures that can be used as an atlas of dark clouds for general research purposes. On the basis of the E(J-H) and A_J_ maps drawn at the 1' grid, we have carried out a systematic survey for dark clouds all over the sky. In total, we identified 7614 dark clouds, and measured the coordinates, extents, and A_V_ values for each of them. We also searched for their counterparts in a previously published catalog of dark clouds based on the optical photographic plates DSS (Dobashi et al., 2005PASJ...57S...1D, Cat. VII/244). These cloud parameters, including the information of the counterparts, are compiled into a new catalog of dark clouds.

Keywords
  1. Molecular clouds
  2. Extinction
  3. Interstellar medium
  4. Infrared sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2011PASJ...63S...1D
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/PASJ/63/S1
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/63/S1

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http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/PASJ/63/S1/table8?

History

2011-09-05T15:33:51Z
Resource record created
2011-09-05T15:33:51Z
Created
2018-05-29T08:31:58Z
Updated

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