Description
We report on the detection of optically thick free-free radio sources in the galaxies M33, NGC 253, and NGC 6946 using data in the literature. We interpret these sources as being young embedded star birth regions that are likely to be clusters of ultracompact H II regions. All 35 of the sources presented in this article have positive radio spectral indices ({alpha}>0 for S_{nu}_){prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^), suggesting an optically thick thermal bremsstrahlung origin from the H II region surrounding the hot stars.
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