Miaomiao Zhang and Hongchi Wang 2009 The Astronomical Journal 138 1830 doi:10.1088/0004-6256/138/6/1830
Miaomiao Zhang and Hongchi Wang
Show affiliationsUsing the IRAC images from the Spitzer c2d program, we have made a survey of mid-infrared outflows in the ρ Ophiuchi molecular cloud. Extended objects that have prominent emission in IRAC channel 2 (4.5 μm) compared to IRAC channel 1 (3.6 μm) and stand out as green objects in the three-color images (3.6 μm in blue, 4.5 μm in green, 8.0 μm in red) are identified as mid-infrared outflows. As a result, we detected 13 new outflows in the ρ Ophiuchi molecular cloud that have not been previously observed in either the optical or the near-infrared. In addition, at the positions of previously observed HH objects or near-infrared emission, we detected 31 mid-infrared outflows, among which seven correspond to previously observed HH objects and 30 to near-infrared emission. Most of the mid-infrared outflows detected in the ρ Ophiuchi cloud are concentrated in the L1688 dense core region. In combination with the survey results for young stellar objects (YSOs) and millimeter and submillimeter sources, the distribution of mid-infrared outflows in the ρ Ophiuchi molecular complex hints a propagation of star formation in the cloud in the direction from the northwest to the southeast, as suggested by previous studies of the region.
infrared: ISM; infrared: stars; ISM: individual (ρ Ophiuchi); ISM: jets and outflows; stars: formation
Issue 6 (2009 December)
Received 2009 May 7, accepted for publication 2009 October 1
Published 2009 November 3
Miaomiao Zhang and Hongchi Wang 2009 The Astronomical Journal 138 1830
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