The tiny globulettes in the Carina nebula

2014/04/07 by Tiia Grenman, T. Grenman, G. F. Gahm +1 · 19 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Envelope (radar) #Nebula #Physics #Planetary nebula #Population #RADIUS #Radar #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423532

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 565, A107 (EDP Sciences) · 20 pages, Astronomy and Astrophysics 2014

openalex publication_date 2014/04/07 · arxiv created 2014/04/08 · arxiv updated 2015/06/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Small molecular cloudlets are abundant in many H ii regions surrounding newborn stellar clusters. In optical images these so-called globulettes appear as dark silhouettes against the bright nebular background.

Citations

• Small Dark Nebulae.
• A PAN-CARINA YOUNG STELLAR OBJECT CATALOG: INTERMEDIATE-MASS YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS IN THE CARINA NEBULA IDENTIFIED VIA MID-INFRARED EXCESS EMISSION
• The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
• Carina's defiant Finger:HSTobservations of a photoevaporating globule in NGC 3372★

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