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Embedded Stellar Clusters In The W3/W4/W5 Molecular Cloud Complex, Jm Carpenter, Mh Heyer, Ronald L. Snell

Astronomy Department Faculty Publication Series

We analyze the embedded stellar content in the vicinity of the W3/W4/W5 H II regions using the FCRAO Outer Galaxy ¹²CO (1-0) Survey, the IRAS Point Source Catalog, published radio continuum surveys, and new near-infrared and molecular-line observations. Thirty-four IRAS point sources are identified that have far-infrared colors characteristic of embedded star forming regions, and we have obtained K' mosaics and ¹³CO (1-0) maps for 32 of them. Ten of the IRAS sources are associated with an OB star and 19 with a stellar cluster, although three OB stars are not identified with a cluster. Half of the …