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Young Stars and Molecular Clouds in the IC 2944/2948 Complex |
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5, Handbook of Star Forming Regions:
Volume II, The Southern Sky |
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213 |
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One of the fine clusters of the southern sky is found within the extended HII region IC 2944/2948. The cluster, which appears to be only a few million years old, contains a dozen O stars, many of which are binaries, and is surrounded by a shell of remnant molecular clouds containing embedded IRAS sources. At a distance of about 2 kpc, only a few of the faint cluster members have been identified so far. The region contains a remarkable group of small globules silhouetted against the luminous gas around the OB stars and known as Thackeray’s globules. |
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