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Description
The Cepheus B (Cep B) molecular cloud and a portion of the nearby Cep OB3b OB association, one of the most active regions of star formation within 1 kpc, have been observed with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) detector on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. The goals were to study protoplanetary disk evolution and processes of sequential triggered star formation in the region. Out of ~400 pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars selected with an earlier Chandra X-ray Observatory observation, ~95% are identified with mid-infrared sources and most of these are classified as diskless or disk-bearing stars. The discovery of the additional >200 IR-excess low-mass members gives a combined Chandra+Spitzer PMS sample that is almost complete down to 0.5 * M<sub>sun</sub> outside of the cloud, and somewhat above 1 * M<sub>sun</sub> in the cloud. The X-ray observations of the Cep B/Cep OB3b region and their data analysis are described in detail by Getman et al. (2006, <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/ApJS/163/306">CDS Cat. J/ApJS/163/306</a>, HEASARC CEPBOB3CXO table). The 30 ks exposure was obtained on 2003 March 11.51-11.88 with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) detector on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory as part of the ACIS Instrument Team's Guaranteed Time Observations (ObsId No. 3502, P.I.: G. Garmire). The mid-IR observation of Cep B and Cep OB3b was obtained on 2007 February 18 with the IRAC detector on the Spitzer Space Telescope in the 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 micron channels. This was a General Observer project (program identification No. 30361; P.I.: J. Wang). This table contains the optical and infrared counterpart information on the 431 X-ray sources detected by Chandra. It does not contain the 224 IR-excess objects which were not detected as X-ray sources (listed in Table 3 of the reference paper) that are thought to be additional low-mass members of this complex. This table was created by the HEASARC in August 2011 primarily based on <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/ApJ/699/1454">CDS catalog J/ApJ/699/1454</a> files table.dat and table 2.dat which list the optical and infrared counterpart information on the 431 X-ray sources detected by Chandra. The names and positions of these X-ray sources were taken from the Getman et al. (2006, ApJS, 163, 306) Catalog, which is available as the HEASARC Browse table CEPBOB3CXO. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
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