J/A+A/559/L2 H and Ks maps around G045.47+0.05 (Paron+, 2013)
Unveiling the circumstellar environment towards a massive young stellar object.
Paron S., Farina C., Ortega E.
<Astron. Astrophys. 559, L2 (2013)>
=2013A&A...559L...2P 2013A&A...559L...2P
ADC_Keywords: H II regions ; Infrared sources
Keywords: stars: formation - ISM: jets and outflows - HII regions
Abstract:
As a continuation of a previous work, in which we found strong
evidence of massive molecular outflows towards a massive star forming
site, we present a new study of this region based on very high angular
resolution observations with the aim of discovering the outflow driven
mechanism.
Using near-IR data acquired with Gemini-NIRI at the broad H- and
Ks-bands, we study a region of 22"x22" around the UCHII region
G045.47+0.05, a massive star forming site at the distance of about
8kpc. To image the source with the highest spatial resolution possible
we employed the adaptative optic system ALTAIR, achieving an angular
resolution of about 0.15".
We discovered a cone-like shape nebula with an opening angle of about
90° extending eastwards the IR source 2MASS J19142564+1109283, a
very likely MYSO. This morphology suggests a cavity that was cleared
in the circumstellar material and its emission may arise from
scattered continuum light, warm dust, and likely emission lines from
shock-excited gas. The nebula, presenting arc-like features, is
connected with the IR source through a jet-like structure, which is
aligned with the blue shifted CO outflow found in a previous study.
The near-IR structure lies ∼3" north of the radio continuum emission,
revealing that it is not spatially coincident with the UCHII region.
The observed morphology and structure of the near-IR nebula strongly
suggest the presence of a precessing jet. In this study we have
resolved the circumstellar ambient (in scale of a thousand A.U.) of a
distant MYSO, indeed one of the farthest cases.
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ReadMe 80 . This file
list.dat 95 2 List of maps
fits/* . 2 Individual maps
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1- 9 F9.5 deg RAdeg Right Ascension of center (J2000)
10- 18 F9.5 deg DEdeg Declination of center (J2000)
20- 25 F6.4 arcsec/pix Scale [0.0217] Scale of the image
27- 30 I4 pix Nx [1024] Number of pixels along X-axis
31 A1 --- --- [x]
32- 35 I4 pix Ny [1024] Number of pixels along Y-axis
37- 46 A10 --- FileName Name of FITS file in subdirectory fits
48- 95 A48 --- Title Title of the file
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Acknowledgements:
Sergio Paron, sparon(at)iafe.uba.ar
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 10-Oct-2013