The RMS survey

2008/06/05 by J. S. Urquhart, A. L. Busfield, M. G. Hoare +9 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cepheid variable #Galaxy #Planetary nebula #Point source #Sample (material) #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Young stellar object #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809415

13 pages and 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. Includes a large table and figure to be made available via CDS

arxiv created 2008/06/05 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Context. The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey is an ongoing multi-wavelength observational programme designed to return a large, high-resolution mid-infrared colour-selected sample of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs). We have identified ~2000 MYSO candidates located within our Galaxy by comparing the colours of MSX and 2MASS point sources to those of known MYSOs. The aim of our follow-up observations is to identify other objects with similar colours such as ultra compact (UC) HII regions, evolved stars and planetary nebulae (PNe) and distinguish between genuine MYSOs and nearby low-mass YSOs.

Citations

• GLIMPSE. I. AnSIRTFLegacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy
• Resolving the kinematic distance ambiguity of southern massive young stellar object candidates
• The RMS survey: mid-infrared observations of candidate massive YSOs in the southern hemisphere
• Search for massive protostellar candidates in the southern hemisphere
• Star Formation in Molecular Clouds: Observation and Theory

Cited by

• A Search for High-mass Protostellar Objects in Cold IRAS Sources
• The RMS survey: Ammonia mapping of the environment of young massive stellar objects – II★
• The Red MSX Source survey: critical tests of accretion models for the formation of massive stars