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Optical Spectroscopy Of The Surface Population Of The Ρ Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud: The First Wave Of Star Formation, Bruce Wilking, Michael Meyer, John Robinson, Thomas Greene
Optical Spectroscopy Of The Surface Population Of The Ρ Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud: The First Wave Of Star Formation, Bruce Wilking, Michael Meyer, John Robinson, Thomas Greene
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We present the results of optical spectroscopy of 139 stars obtained with the Hydra multiobject spectrograph. The objects extend over a 1.3 deg2 area surrounding the main cloud of the ρ Oph complex. The objects were selected from narrowband images to have Hα in emission. Using the presence of strong Hα emission, lithium absorption, location in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, or previously reported X-ray emission, we were able to identify 88 objects as young stars associated with the cloud. Strong Hα emission was confirmed in 39 objects with line widths consistent with their origin in magnetospheric accretion columns. Two of the …