- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/107/846
- Title:
- LSE stars, extension of Case-Hamburg surveys.
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/107/846
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Case-Hamburg OB-star surveys (Luminous Stars in the Milky Way, Catalogs III/76 and III/43) have been extended to galactic latitude b=+/-30 for l=+/-60 using the Curtis Schmidt telescope and 4{deg} objective prism at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. A catalog of 234 OB stars and other objects with peculiar spectra is presented along. The positions were revisited by B. Skiff in May 2002, using the finding charts; additional notes and cross-identifications have been added in the course of this examination (see the "notes.dat" file).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/76A
- Title:
- Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way (LS)
- Short Name:
- III/76A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog contains a series of works published in the period 1959 to 1965, resulting from a joint survey of the Hamburg and Warner and Swasey Observatories for early-type stars of high luminosity. This survey was conducted using objective-prism plates taken with the Schmidt telescopes of the Hamburg, Warner and Swasey, and University of Michigan Observatories. The catalog contains all stars of the six source publications in a single file; the notes and remarks published in Volumes II, IV, and VI are included in the separate file "notes.dat".
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/43
- Title:
- Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way
- Short Name:
- III/43
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
314. MAGPIS 20cm survey
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/2525
- Title:
- MAGPIS 20cm survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/2525
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey (MAGPIS), which maps portions of the first Galactic quadrant with an angular resolution, sensitivity, and dynamic range that surpass existing radio images of the Milky Way by more than an order of magnitude. The source detection threshold at 20cm is in the range 12mJy over the 85% of the survey region (5{deg}<l<32{deg}, |b|<0.8{deg}) not covered by bright extended emission; the angular resolution is ~6". We catalog over 3000 discrete sources (diameters mostly <30") and present an atlas of ~400 diffuse emission regions. New and archival data at 90cm for the whole survey area are also presented. Comparison of our catalogs and images with the Midcourse Space Experiment mid-infrared data allows us to provide preliminary discrimination between thermal and nonthermal sources. We identify 49 high-probability supernova remnant candidates, increasing by a factor of 7 the number of known remnants with diameters smaller than 5' in the survey region; several are pulsar wind nebula candidates and/or very small diameter remnants (D<45").
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/2344
- Title:
- MALT-45, a 7mm survey of the southern Galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/2344
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results from the MALT-45 (Millimetre Astronomer's Legacy Team-45GHz) Galactic Plane survey. We have observed 5 square degrees (l=330{deg}-335{deg}, b=+/-0.5{deg}) for spectral lines in the 7mm band (42-44 and 48-49GHz), including CS (1-0), class I CH_3_OH masers in the 7(0,7)-6(1,6) A^+^ transition and SiO (1-0) v=0,1,2,3. MALT-45 is the first unbiased, large-scale, sensitive spectral line survey in this frequency range. In this paper, we present data from the survey as well as a few intriguing results; rigorous analyses of these science cases are reserved for future publications. Across the survey region, we detected 77 class I CH_3_OH masers, of which 58 are new detections, along with many sites of thermal and maser SiO emission and thermal CS. We found that 35 class I CH_3_OH masers were associated with the published locations of class II CH_3_OH, H_2_O and OH masers but 42 have no known masers within 60 arcsec. We compared the MALT-45 CS with NH_3_ (1,1) to reveal regions of CS depletion and high opacity, as well as evolved star-forming regions with a high ratio of CS to NH_3_. All SiO masers are new detections, and appear to be associated with evolved stars from the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE). Generally, within SiO regions of multiple vibrational modes, the intensity decreases as v=1, 2, 3, but there are a few exceptions where v=2 is stronger than v=1.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/3915
- Title:
- MALT-45, 44 GHz class I methanol masers
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/3915
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We detail interferometric observations of 44GHz class I methanol masers detected by MALT-45 (a 7mm unbiased auto-correlated spectral-line Galactic-plane survey) using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We detect 238 maser spots across 77 maser sites. Using high-resolution positions, we compare the class I CH_3_OH masers to other star formation maser species, including CS (1-0), SiO v=0 and the H53{alpha} radio-recombination line. Comparison between the cross- and auto-correlated data has allowed us to also identify quasi-thermal emission in the 44GHz class I methanol maser line. We find that the majority of class I methanol masers have small spatial and velocity ranges (<0.5pc and <5km/s), and closely trace the systemic velocities of associated clouds. Using 870{mu}m dust continuum emission from the ATLASGAL survey, we determine clump masses associated with class I masers, and find that they are generally associated with clumps between 1000 and 3000M_{sun}_. For each class I methanol maser site, we use the presence of OH masers and radio recombination lines to identify relatively evolved regions of high-mass star formation; we find that maser sites without these associations have lower luminosities and preferentially appear towards dark infrared regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/650/A112
- Title:
- Mapping hot luminous stars in the Galaxy
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/650/A112
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Luminous hot stars (M_Ks_<~0mag and Teff>~8000K) dominate the stellar energy input to the interstellar medium (ISM) throughout cosmological time, are used as laboratories to test theories of stellar evolution and multiplicity, and serve as luminous tracers of star formation in the Milky Way and other galaxies. Massive stars occupy well-defined loci in colour-colour and colour-magnitude spaces, enabling selection based on the combination of Gaia EDR3 astrometry and photometry and 2MASS photometry, even in the presence of substantive dust extinction. In this paper we devise an all-sky sample of such luminous OBA-type stars, which was designed to be complete rather than very pure, providing targets for spectroscopic follow-up with the SDSS-V survey. To estimate the purity and completeness of our catalogue, we derive stellar parameters for the stars in common with LAMOST DR6 and we compare the sample to other O and B-type star catalogues. We estimate `astro-kinematic' distances by combining parallaxes and proper motions with a model for the expected velocity and density distribution of young stars; we show that this adds useful constraints on the distances and therefore luminosities of the stars. With these distances we map the spatial distribution of a more stringently selected subsample across the Galactic disc, and find it to be highly structured, with distinct over- and under-densities. The most evident over-densities can be associated with the presumed spiral arms of the Milky Way, in particular the Sagittarius-Carina and Scutum-Centaurus arms. Yet, the spatial picture of the Milky Way's young disc structure emerging in this study is complex, and suggests that most young stars in our Galaxy (t_age_<t_dyn_) are not neatly organised into distinct spiral arms. The combination of the comprehensive spectroscopy to come from SDSS-V (yielding velocities, ages, etc.) with future Gaia data releases will be crucial in order to reveal the dynamical nature of the spiral arms themselves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A116
- Title:
- Masgomas-6 near-IR spectra
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recent near-infrared data have contributed to unveiling massive and obscured stellar populations in both new and previously known clusters in our Galaxy. These discoveries have lead us to view the Milky Way as an active star-forming machine. We look for young massive cluster candidates as over-densities of OB-type stars. The first search, focused on the Galactic direction l=38, resulted in the detection of two objects with a remarkable population of OB-type star candidates. With a modified version of the friends-of-friends algorithm AUTOPOP and using 2MASS and UKIDSS-GPS near-infrared (J, H, and K) photometry for one of our cluster candidates (Masgomas-6) we selected 30 stars for multi-object and long-slit H and K band spectroscopy. With the spectral classification and the near-infrared photometric data, we derive individual distance, extinction, and radial velocity. Of the 30 spectroscopically observed stars, 20 are classified as massive stars, including OB-types (dwarfs, giants and supergiants), two red supergiants, two Wolf-Rayets (WR122-11 and the new WR122-16), and one transitional object (the LBV candidate IRAS 18576+0341). The individual distances and radial velocities do not agree with a single cluster, indicating that we are observing two populations of massive stars in the same line of sight: Masgomas-6a and Masgomas-6b. The first group of massive stars, located at 3.9kpc, contains both Wolf-Rayets and most of the OB-dwarfs; the second group, located at 9.6kpc, hosts the LBV candidate and an evolved population of supergiants. We are able to identify massive stars at two Galactic arms, but we cannot clearly identify whether these massive stars form clusters or associations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/780/173
- Title:
- Masses of giant molecular clouds in Milky Way
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/780/173
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The mass fraction of dense gas within giant molecular clouds (GMCs) of the Milky Way is investigated using ^13^CO data from the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Galactic Plane Surveys and the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) of 1.1mm dust continuum emission. A sample of 860 compact dust sources are selected from the BGPS catalog and kinematically linked to 344 clouds of extended (>3') ^13^CO J=1-0 emission. Gas masses are tabulated for the full dust source and subregions within the dust sources with mass surface densities greater than 200M_{sun}_/pc^2^, which are assumed to be regions of enhanced volume density. Masses of the parent GMCs are calculated assuming optically thin ^13^CO J=1-0 emission and local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. The mean fractional mass of dust sources to host GMC mass is 0.11^+0.12^_-0.06__. The high column density subregions comprise 0.07^+0.13^_-0.05_ of the mass of the cloud. Owing to our assumptions, these values are upper limits to the true mass fractions. The fractional mass of dense gas is independent of GMC mass and gas surface density. The low dense gas mass fraction suggests that the formation of dense structures within GMCs is the primary bottleneck for star formation. The distribution of velocity differences between the dense gas and the low density material along the line of sight is also examined. We find a strong, centrally peaked distribution centered on zero velocity displacement. This distribution of velocity differences is modeled with radially converging flows toward the dense gas position that are randomly oriented with respect to the observed line of sight. These models constrain the infall velocities to be 2-4km/s for various flow configurations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/473/849
- Title:
- Mass segregation in Galactic stellar clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/473/849
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We quantify the structure of a very large number of Galactic open clusters and look for evidence of mass segregation for the most massive stars in the clusters. We characterize the structure and mass segregation ratios of 1276 clusters in the Milky Way Stellar Cluster (MWSC) catalogue containing each at least 40 stars and that are located at a distance of up to ~2kpc from the Sun. We use an approach based on the calculation of the minimum spanning tree of the clusters, and for each one of them, we calculate the structure parameter Q and the mass segregation ratio {LAMBDA}_MSR_. Our findings indicate that most clusters possess a Q parameter that falls in the range 0.7-0.8 and are thus neither strongly concentrated nor do they show significant substructure. Only 27 per cent can be considered centrally concentrated with Q values >0.8. Of the 1276 clusters, only 14 per cent show indication of significant mass segregation ({LAMBDA}_MSR_>1.5). Furthermore, no correlation is found between the structure of the clusters or the degree of mass segregation with their position in the Galaxy. A comparison of the measured Q values for the young open clusters in the MWSC to N-body numerical simulations that follow the evolution of the Q parameter over the first 10Myr of the clusters life suggests that the young clusters found in the MWSC catalogue initially possessed local mean volume densities of {rho}*~=10-100M_{sun}_/pc^3^.
