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A CATALOG OF OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES
 
A CATALOG OF OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES
 
CHANG WON LEE AND PHILIP C. MYERS
 
CHANG WON LEE AND PHILIP C. MYERS
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street,MS 42, Cambridge, MA 02138; cwlee=cfa.harvard.edu, pmyers=cfa.harvard.edu
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Received 1998 October 7; accepted 1999 February 23
 
ABSTRACT
 
We present a new catalog of 406 dense cores optically selected by using the STScI Digitized Sky
 
Survey (DSS). In this catalog 306 cores have neither an embedded young stellar object (EYSO) nor a
 
preÈmain-sequence (PMS) star, 94 cores have EYSOs (one core has both an EYSO and a PMS star),
 
and six cores have PMS stars only. Our sample of dense cores in the catalog is fairly complete within a
 
category of northern Lynds class 5 and 6 clouds and southern Hartley et al. class A clouds, providing a
 
database useful for the systematic study of dense cores. Most of the cores listed in the catalog have
 
diameters between 0.05 and 0.36 pc with a mean of D0.24 pc. The sizes (D0.33 pc in the mean) of cores
 
with EYSOs are found to be usually larger than the sizes (D0.22 pc in the mean) of starless cores. The
 
typical mean gas density of the cores is D7]103 cm~3. Most of the cores are more likely elongated
 
than spherical (mean aspect ratio : D2.4). The ratio of the number of cores with EYSOs to the number of
 
starless cores for our sample is about 0.3, suggesting that the typical lifetime of starless cores is 0.3È1.6
 
Myr, about 3 times longer than the duration of the class 0 and class I phases. This lifetime is shorter
 
than expected from models of ambipolar di†usion, by factors of 2È44.
 
Subject headings : catalogs È ISM: clouds È stars : preÈmain-sequence
 
1. INTRODUCTION
 
Low-mass stars are generally believed to form through
 
the inward gravitational collapse of ““ dense cores ÏÏ with
 
density Z a few 104 cm~3, which are expected to form via
 
ambipolar di†usion processes (Shu, Adams, & Lizano 1987;
 
Ciolek & Mouschovias 1995). However, the knowledge of
 
such simple processes in star formation is almost entirely
 
theoretical because there is still very little direct observational
 
support. It is therefore desirable to conduct
 
unbiased systematic surveys of dense cores to search for
 
evidence of core evolution and star-forming motion.
 
The optical dark cloud catalogs of Lynds (1962), Feitzinger
 
& Stu�we (1984), and Hartley et al. (1986, hereafter
 
HMSTG), based on visual inspection of optical sky survey
 
prints, have provided us the most basic and complete set of
 
sources for the study of star-forming regions, although these
 
catalogs themselves could not give accurate positions for a
 
systematic survey of dense cores because the positions of
 
dark regions were determined approximately by eye. Using
 
these catalogs has served as a basis for making more accurate
 
and detailed catalogs. For the northern hemisphere,
 
Myers, Linke, & Benson (1983, hereafter MLB) have collected
 
90 small (angular size \5@) opaque spots through
 
visual inspection of the Palomar Sky Atlas prints to
 
conduct a systematic survey in 13CO, C18O (1È0) lines, and
 
later NH (Benson & Myers 1989, hereafter BM). Clemens & Barvai3nis (1988, hereafter CB) have also identiÐed 248
 
molecular clouds with optical sizes smaller than 10@ by procedures
 
similar to MLBÏs method. For the southern hemisphere,
 
Vilas-Boas, Myers, & Fuller (1994) selected 101
 
condensations with average optical size less than 7@ and
 
visual extinction greater than 2.5 mag from ESO J plates,
 
visual extinction maps (Hetem, Sanzovo, & Lepine 1988),
 
and the HMSTG catalog to observe them in the 13CO and
 
C18O (1È0) lines. Bourke, Hyland, & Robinson (1995a) have
 
compiled 169 Bok globuleÈlike small (\10@) dark clouds
 
from visual inspection of the SERC Schmidt survey J plates
 
primarily with the guidance of the HMSTG catalog and
 
observed all the cores in the ammonia (1,1) line (Bourke et
 
al. 1995b).
 
These e†orts resulted in an excellent database for the
 
observational study of low-mass star formation. However,
 
the samples given in these catalogs were limited to a few
 
regions, and many cores are still missing even toward the
 
searched area, so these previous studies are not complete.
 
Moreover, most opaque positions of the dark clouds in
 
these catalogs were determined by eye, so that positions are
 
not only very subjective but also not accurate enough for an
 
efficient survey in molecular lines.
 
Now, through the e†orts of the Space Telescope Science
 
Institute (STScI), the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) data are
 
available for us. These data allow us to computerize the
 
selection of cores and accurately determine their positions.
 
With the guidance of the Lynds (1962) catalog for the northern
 
sky and the Hartley et al. (1986) catalog for the southern
 
sky, in addition to several reference catalogs that have been
 
used for numerous molecular line studies (see ° 2 for
 
detailed references), we created a new catalog of dense cores
 
using the STScI DSS. Our catalog presents the most complete
 
list of optically selected dense cores whose positions
 
were accurately measured within a few arcseconds. The
 
actual accuracy of positions is dependent only upon the
 
procedures for smoothing the data and centering the intensity
 
minima of the core.
 
In the following section we describe in detail how we
 
selected the cores. Then we analyze the statistics of the
 
physical parameters of our sample and discuss the implications
 
of core statistics for the present standard model
 
of isolated star formation. Finally we summarize our results
 
in ° 3.
 
2. THE CATALOG
 
2.1. Selection of Cores
 
Our method for the selection of cores is to image an area,
 
usually 0¡.5]0¡.5 and occasionally 1¡.0]1¡.0 around a reference
 
position, and to make a contour map of optical
 
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234 LEE & MYERS
 
extinction to select the multiple local minimum positions of
 
intensity. For guiding reference positions, we used the following:
 
BM (NH peaks), Onishi et al. (1996 ; C18O peaks), Codella et al. (19937; NH peaks), Lemme et al. (1996; 3 NHpeaks), and Lynds (1962 ; every Lynds clouds with opacity 53
 
and 6) for northern clouds, and Vilas-Boas et al. (1994;
 
C18O peaks) and HMSTG (clouds with density class A) for
 
southern clouds (Table 1). Digitized data1 were retrieved
 
from the STScI DSS using the ““ getimage ÏÏ software
 
package provided by STScI. Image processing was conducted
 
with the IRAF software package2 (Tody 1993). An
 
accurate reading (within error of a few arcseconds) of coordinates
 
of local intensity minima in the contour map overlapped
 
in the gray image in IRAF was made possible by
 
browsing images in World Coordinate Space (Mink 1995)
 
with the ““ SAOimage ÏÏÈX11 window based image display
 
program (VanHilst 1990). However, the real accuracy of our
 
positions was dependent upon the grid size we used to make
 
smooth contours and center the intensity minima of the
 
core, usually about 15AÈ50A. In order to check the reliability
 
of our method, we compared our new positions with peak
 
positions of NH maps (with beam resolution of 87A) for 22 cores by BM. T3he di†erence [68@@^10@@ (mean^s.e.m.)]
 
between the two positions was found to be smaller than the
 
beam resolution of the NH maps, meaning that our method is fairly reliable for3 determining the intensity
 
minima positions of new cores.
 
Figure 1 shows one example of new core selection using
 
the dark cloud, L1622. This example is typical in that
 
several distinct intensity minima are obtained for each reference
 
position. In total, we examined 250 reference positions
 
(Table 1) and identiÐed 406 local maxima of optical extinction
 
(Table 2), which we call cores. For all sources, we
 
searched the IRAS Point Source Catalog using the ““ riras ÏÏ
 
package (D. J.Mink 1998, private communication) to determine
 
which sources have embedded IRAS point sources. In
 
the search, we assumed the IRAS point source to be an
 
““ embedded ÏÏ young stellar object (EYSO) when it satisÐes
 
all of the following criteria :
 
1. There should be detections in at least two of the four
 
IRAS wavelength bands.
 
2. The detected Ñuxes (F) should be greater in the longer
 
wavelength. However, IRAS point sources with F100km\
 
F60km or or were con- , F100km\F25kmsidered to be EYSO, s Fas100kmlo\ngF12akms F60km[
 
F25km[F12km.
 
3. The projected position of the IRAS source on the sky
 
should be enclosed by the contour of the least extinction
 
level of core in the optical image.
 
1 Images from the northern plates (POSS) were based on photographic
 
data of the National Geographic SocietyÈPalomar Geographic Society to
 
the California Institute of Technology, and images from the southern
 
plates (SERC-J) were based on photographic data obtained using the UK
 
Schmidt Telescope. The plates were processed into the present compressed
 
digital form with their permission. The UK Schmidt Telescope was operated
 
by the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, with funding from the UK
 
Science and Engineering Research Council, until 1988 June, and thereafter
 
by the Anglo-Australian Observatory. The Digitized Sky Survey was produced
 
at the Space Telescope Science Institute under US government grant
 
NAGW-2166.
 
2 IRAF is distributed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories,
 
which are operated by the Association of Universities for Research
 
in Astronomy, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National
 
Science Foundation.
 
With these criteria, we searched all cores to determine
 
whether there are EYSOs within a box with a size of 2 times
 
the geometric mean of the FWHM of a core. The FWHM
 
of the core was obtained from an extinction contour map of
 
the core as described in the next section. We found 94
 
sources with EYSOs and 306 cores without EYSOs. Our
 
criteria are very similar to those of BMbut di†er from those
 
of Beichman et al. (1986) and Wood, Myers, & Daugherty
 
(1994) in that ours were designed to preferentially select
 
embedded protostars (class 0 and class I YSOs) and therefore
 
not to include preÈmain-sequence (PMS) stars. To Ðnd
 
a possible PMS star, we used color-color diagram criteria in
 
the 12, 25, and 60 km IRAS bands of Weintraub (1990) :
 
[2.00\log (l12F12 and /l25 F25)/log (l12/l25)\1.35
 
[1.75\log (l25F25 Five /l60 F60)/log (l25/l60)\2.20.
 
cores were found to have possible PMS stars. We also
 
searched the catalog of PMS stars by Herbig & Bell (1988)
 
in which PMS stars were identiÐed by optical spectroscopic
 
data. From this search two more sources were found to
 
include PMS stars within their projected extents. Thus we
 
believe that seven sources may have PMS stars. We note
 
that one of seven contains EYSO as well.
 
In summary, of 406 identiÐed cores, 306 were found to
 
have neither an EYSO nor a PMS star, 94 were found to
 
have EYSOs (one core has both an EYSO and a PMS star),
 
and six to have a PMS star only. Henceforth we call the 306
 
cores with neither an EYSO nor a PMS star ““ starless
 
cores. ÏÏ In Table 2, column (9), the starless cores are marked
 
as N and cores with EYSOs as Y, cores with a PMS star are
 
marked as PM or PM* for a PMS star known by optical
 
spectroscopy (Herbig & Bell 1988), and cores with both an
 
EYSO and a PMS star are marked as Y/PM. The IRAS
 
point sources and the PMS stars believed to be associated
 
with our optically selected cores are listed in Table 3.
 
2.2. Statistics of Physical Parameters of Cores
 
In this section we discuss the statistics of the physical
 
parameters of cores. Our sample statistics are believed to be
 
representative of the core properties since the cores were
 
selected from Lynds class 5 and 6 and HMSTGÏs class A,
 
which, taken together, comprise a nearly complete set of the
 
densest and the most opaque clouds in the sky.
 
We present several physical parameters of the optically
 
selected cores in Table 2. The sizes of the major axis (a in
 
col. [5] of Table 2) and the minor axis (b in col. [6] of Table
 
2), and position angle (PA in col. [8] of Table 2) of the
 
FWHM of the cores were approximately measured by an
 
ellipse template, ruler, and protractor. The minus and plus
 
signs in column (8) mean clockwise and counterclockwise
 
with respect to equatorial north, respectively. The largest
 
errors for these parameters are from the uncertainties in the
 
selection of the background level of the core that determines
 
the size of the FWHM of the core and in the eye Ðtting of
 
the ellipse template to the core. The errors obtained by
 
repeating measurements are usually within about 10% of
 
the size in the size measurement and within about 5¡ in the
 
PA measurement. For the sources that are not elliptical in
 
shape, their ““ equivalent ÏÏ diameters (R in col. [7] of Table
 
2) were measured. The equivalent diameter of a core is
 
deÐned as 2](A/n)0.5, where A is the area within the
 
FWHM contour of the core. Following are our results and
 
discussion on the statistics of these physical parameters.
 
TABLE 1
 
SEARCHED REFERENCE REGIONS
 
Regiona R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) Referenceb Nc Regiona R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) Referenceb Nc
 
L1291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 39 47.6 61 44 35 Lynds 1 L260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 44 22.3 [09 30 02 BM 1
 
L1333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 21 10.2 75 13 32 Lynds 1 L158* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 44 42.0 [13 54 03 BM 6
 
L1355 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 48 41.4 68 43 36 Lynds 1 L204BC* . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 44 51.0 [12 09 00 BM 6
 
L1358 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 51 00.0 69 10 00 Lynds 2 L191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 44 59.2 [12 35 31 BM 2
 
L1450D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 25 18.8 30 53 02 BM 1 L255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 45 01.9 [09 48 32 Lynds 2
 
B5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 45 16.3 32 44 59 BM 1 L234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 45 38.0 [10 56 00 BM 3
 
CB 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 00 35.0 56 48 00 Le 1 L162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 46 40.0 [14 04 10 Lynds 2
 
L1498 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 07 50.0 25 02 13 BM 1 L63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 47 21.0 [18 01 00 BM 4
 
L1495 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 15 18.0 28 25 00 ON 2 L141 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 48 03.1 [15 16 54 Lynds 3
 
L1506B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 16 03.9 25 13 01 Lynds 1 L129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 52 18.4 [16 17 10 Lynds 1
 
L1506A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 20 18.0 24 54 00 ON 1 L122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 52 22.4 [16 42 03 Lynds 1
 
L1399 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 20 27.0 54 51 00 Lynds 3 L146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 53 37.0 [15 55 00 Lynds 1
 
L1521B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 20 48.0 26 31 40 BM 2 CB 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 53 52.0 [16 00 00 Le 3
 
B213-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 22 24.0 26 24 00 ON 1 DC 3504]44 . . . . . . . 16 59 40.9 [34 20 44 HMSTG 1
 
B217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 24 42.5 26 11 13 BM 2 L111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11 59.5 [20 27 15 Lynds 1
 
L1521 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 25 36.0 26 45 00 ON 2 L100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 13 07.6 [20 54 04 Lynds 1
 
L1407 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 25 37.6 54 07 35 Lynds 1 L173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 14 25.4 [18 27 45 Lynds 1
 
L1400AK . . . . . . . . . . . 04 25 47.0 54 48 00 BM 4 L1768 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 17 00.0 [26 49 00 Lynds 2
 
L1521E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 26 17.0 26 07 47 BM 1 L1773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 08.4 [26 50 46 Lynds 1
 
L1524 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 26 22.0 24 26 30 ON 4 L1774 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19 32.1 [27 02 25 Lynds 1
 
L1445 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 28 28.8 46 31 01 Lynds 1 B68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 20 23.0 [23 47 13 BM 3
 
L1551S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 28 40.0 18 01 52 BM 2 DC 3463[41 . . . . . . . 17 22 40.3 [42 37 01 HMSTG 1
 
B18-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 29 00.0 24 35 53 ON 1 DC 3479[44 . . . . . . . 17 28 52.7 [41 32 37 HMSTG 1
 
TMC 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 29 13.0 24 20 14 BM 4 L425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 44 15.4 [04 34 07 Lynds 1
 
L1536B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 29 54.0 22 52 00 ON 2 DC 3475[80 . . . . . . . 17 44 26.1 [43 42 02 HMSTG 1
 
L1536A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 30 26.0 22 36 10 BM 1 L392 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 50 24.3 [08 26 43 Lynds 1
 
B18-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 30 53.7 24 05 09 ON 1 L421 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 51 38.9 [05 46 02 Lynds 1
 
B18-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 32 36.0 24 02 00 ON 2 L460 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 55 24.4 [03 46 24 Lynds 1
 
L1527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 36 00.0 26 10 00 Lynds 2 L432 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 55 46.2 [05 43 45 Lynds 1
 
L1534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 36 31.2 25 35 56 BM 1 L468 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 57 38.0 [03 30 03 Lynds 1
 
CB 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 37 25.0 29 48 57 Le 1 L462 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 04 48.0 [04 42 08 Lynds 1
 
TMC 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 38 19.0 25 45 30 BM 2 L108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 07 08.0 [28 18 41 Lynds 1
 
L1507A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 39 29.0 29 38 07 CO 2 L422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 09 20.0 [08 04 46 Lynds 1
 
L1507B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 39 53.4 29 38 25 Lynds 3 L436-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 11 39.1 [07 16 18 Lynds 2
 
L1426 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 43 17.5 52 59 03 Lynds 1 L323 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 39.1 [18 11 47 Lynds 1
 
L1517 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 52 07.2 30 33 18 BM 4 L490-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 30.0 [03 46 40 Lynds 2
 
L1512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 00 54.4 32 39 00 BM 1 CB 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 13 38.0 [02 33 52 Le 3
 
L1544 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 01 14.0 25 07 00 BM 3 L328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 14 06.7 [18 03 54 Lynds 1
 
L1523 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 03 02.7 31 37 30 Lynds 1 L429 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 14 49.7 [08 15 50 Lynds 4
 
CB 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 03 51.0 [04 00 00 Le 1 L483 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 00.0 [04 40 00 Lynds 2
 
L1552 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 14 34.9 26 01 17 Lynds 1 L466 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 04.5 [06 07 36 Lynds 1
 
L1582A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 28 30.0 12 28 20 BM 1 L451 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 19 12.3 [07 14 11 Lynds 1
 
B35A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 41 45.3 09 07 40 BM 1 L539 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21 24.0 [01 06 00 Lynds 2
 
L1622 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 52 00.0 01 51 00 Lynds 2 L416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 22 46.2 [10 41 26 Lynds 1
 
L1621 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 53 02.0 02 10 27 Lynds 2 L406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 22 50.5 [11 49 11 Lynds 1
 
CB 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 57 24.0 31 39 26 Le 1 L423 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 25 03.9 [10 16 08 Lynds 1
 
L1574 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 04 48.0 18 30 00 Lynds 1 L411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 25 07.9 [11 29 15 Lynds 1
 
L1645 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 05 16.0 [05 33 00 Lynds 1 L503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 26 49.5 [04 40 45 Lynds 1
 
L1578 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 05 33.0 18 07 00 BM 2 L443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 30 00.0 [09 10 00 Lynds 2
 
CB 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 06 00.0 17 50 52 Le 1 L239 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 30 11.5 [26 04 16 Lynds 1
 
L1633 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 22 00.0 03 30 00 Lynds 1 L588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 33 00.0 [00 35 00 Lynds 1
 
DC 2592[132 . . . . . . 07 29 30.0 [46 51 00 HMSTG 2 L495 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 36 32.6 [06 41 06 Lynds 1
 
DC 2555[48 . . . . . . . 08 03 46.1 [39 00 10 HMSTG 1 L648 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 37 15.0 12 41 50 Lynds 2
 
V13-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 07 39.0 [35 55 54 VMP 4 L530D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 47 18.0 [04 53 20 BM 3
 
DC 2573[25 . . . . . . . 08 15 23.0 [39 43 36 HMSTG 2 L549 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 59 29.8 [05 23 08 Lynds 1
 
DC 2660[75 . . . . . . . 08 19 53.7 [49 41 10 HMSTG 2 L567 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 01 32.0 [04 30 00 BM 1
 
DC 2674[75 . . . . . . . 08 24 17.0 [50 52 12 HMSTG 2 B133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 03 25.3 [06 57 20 BM 1
 
DC 2672[72 . . . . . . . 08 25 03.5 [50 30 11 HMSTG 1 CB 180 (L531) . . . . . . 19 03 31.0 [06 58 07 Le 1
 
DC 2676[60 . . . . . . . 08 32 38.0 [50 08 00 HMSTG 2 L581 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 04 55.5 [03 59 32 Lynds 1
 
DC 2694]30 . . . . . . . 09 20 28.7 [45 35 05 HMSTG 1 L709 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 11 37.3 16 22 01 Lynds 1
 
DC 2695]40 . . . . . . . 09 24 18.1 [44 58 32 HMSTG 1 DC 13[205 . . . . . . . . 19 13 12.4 [36 42 20 HMSTG 1
 
DC 2742[04 . . . . . . . 09 27 05.5 [51 23 14 HMSTG 1 L763 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 16 45.9 23 21 45 Lynds 1
 
DC 2962[158 . . . . . . 10 49 28.9 [76 48 59 HMSTG 1 L730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 17 40.5 19 51 09 Lynds 2
 
DC 2965[157 . . . . . . 10 55 31.7 [76 48 52 HMSTG 1 L655 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 17 47.2 08 23 33 Lynds 1
 
DC 29103[35 . . . . . . 10 57 12.9 [63 26 49 HMSTG 1 L673-1-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 45.0 11 22 00 Lynds 10
 
TABLE 1ÈContinued
 
Regiona R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) Referenceb Nc Regiona R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) Referenceb Nc
 
DC 2971[161 . . . . . . 11 01 04.0 [77 25 48 HMSTG 2 L673-11 . . . . . . . 19 18 45.0 11 05 00 Lynds 1
 
DC 2972[151 . . . . . . 11 09 09.7 [76 37 16 HMSTG 1 L673-12 . . . . . . . 19 18 45.0 10 50 00 Lynds 3
 
DC 2983[131 . . . . . . 11 37 59.1 [75 00 00 HMSTG 1 L771 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 46.3 23 25 13 Lynds 1
 
DC 2977[28 . . . . . . . 11 59 07.2 [64 52 15 HMSTG 1 L684 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 16.1 12 23 25 Lynds 1
 
Mu 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 21 29.0 [71 35 56 VMP 1 L677 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 40.0 11 25 00 Lynds 4
 
DC 3002[35 . . . . . . . 12 21 30.2 [65 55 26 HMSTG 1 L774 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 21 15.0 23 20 00 Lynds 2
 
Mu 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 26 39.0 [70 54 04 VMP 2 L769 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22 15.0 23 00 00 Lynds 4
 
DC 3007[10 . . . . . . . 12 28 50.6 [63 28 02 HMSTG 1 L698 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 23 37.5 12 59 48 Lynds 1
 
DC 3023[177 . . . . . . 12 32 17.0 [80 16 18 HMSTG 3 L778 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 25 16.0 23 40 19 Lynds 4
 
DC 3025[175 . . . . . . 12 37 03.2 [80 03 39 HMSTG 1 B335 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 34 33.3 07 27 00 BM 1
 
DC 3026[159 . . . . . . 12 41 21.4 [78 31 56 HMSTG 1 L694 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 38 18.0 10 54 44 Lynds 3
 
DC 3029[141 . . . . . . 12 46 14.9 [76 40 50 HMSTG 1 L758 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 44 12.8 18 54 47 Lynds 1
 
Ch 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 46 38.7 [76 41 04 VMP 1 L880 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 11 49.4 40 03 59 Lynds 1
 
DC 3030[143 . . . . . . 12 49 14.6 [76 56 33 HMSTG 1 L1152 . . . . . . . . . 20 35 24.0 67 43 53 BM 1
 
Ch 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 56 14.0 [77 00 00 VMP 4 L1041 . . . . . . . . . 20 36 05.5 57 33 36 Lynds 1
 
DC 3036[145 . . . . . . 12 59 11.0 [77 06 44 HMSTG 2 L922 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 36 22.0 44 19 07 Lynds 1
 
DC 3037[148 . . . . . . 13 01 39.7 [77 26 49 HMSTG 2 L917 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 38 30.0 43 58 00 Lynds 2
 
DC 3037[150 . . . . . . 13 01 55.0 [77 36 42 HMSTG 2 L1049 . . . . . . . . . 20 40 00.0 57 20 00 Lynds 2
 
DC 3038[142 . . . . . . 13 03 36.4 [76 44 48 HMSTG 1 L1148 . . . . . . . . . 20 40 00.0 67 11 00 BM 2
 
DC 3162]51 . . . . . . . 14 22 33.6 [55 07 04 HMSTG 1 L896 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 40 28.8 39 42 22 Lynds 2
 
DC 3148[51 . . . . . . . 14 44 23.4 [65 04 41 HMSTG 1 L1155C . . . . . . . 20 43 00.0 67 41 44 BM 3
 
DC 3230]40 . . . . . . . 15 07 35.6 [53 06 36 HMSTG 1 L915 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 43 23.0 42 58 52 Lynds 1
 
DC 3382]164 . . . . . . 15 37 21.0 [34 29 18 HMSTG 2 L1082C . . . . . . . 20 49 36.0 60 07 40 BM 3
 
DC 3272]18 . . . . . . . 15 38 33.4 [52 38 36 HMSTG 1 L1082AB . . . . . . 20 52 20.7 60 03 14 BM 2
 
DC 3388]165 . . . . . . 15 39 25.0 [33 52 00 HMSTG 6 L981 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 58 38.0 50 05 09 Lynds 3
 
DC 3392]161 . . . . . . 15 42 01.0 [34 08 00 HMSTG 4 L971 . . . . . . . . . . . 20 59 15.8 49 07 34 Lynds 2
 
DC 3389]151 . . . . . . 15 43 49.0 [35 04 30 HMSTG 2 L1174 . . . . . . . . . 20 59 46.3 68 01 04 BM 1
 
L134A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 50 58.1 [04 26 36 BM 1 L1172A . . . . . . . 21 01 45.0 67 35 13 BM 3
 
L183 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 51 35.7 [02 40 54 BM 1 L1063 . . . . . . . . . 21 06 44.6 56 06 09 Lynds 1
 
DC 3386]119 . . . . . . 15 53 26.0 [37 41 12 HMSTG 2 B361 . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10 35.0 47 12 01 BM 2
 
DC 3356]82 . . . . . . . 15 54 42.3 [42 26 57 HMSTG 1 L1125 . . . . . . . . . 21 14 07.0 61 27 10 Lynds 2
 
DC 3391]117 . . . . . . 15 55 22.0 [37 31 12 HMSTG 2 L944 . . . . . . . . . . . 21 15 54.0 43 05 41 Lynds 3
 
DC 3364]82 . . . . . . . 15 58 00.0 [41 50 00 HMSTG 2 L952-3 . . . . . . . . 21 18 51.0 43 13 00 Lynds 3
 
DC 3369]83 . . . . . . . 15 59 05.3 [41 31 30 HMSTG 1 L1021 . . . . . . . . . 21 20 34.8 50 50 17 Lynds 1
 
DC 3386]95 . . . . . . . 16 01 09.6 [39 29 37 HMSTG 1 L1014-1 . . . . . . . 21 22 20.6 49 56 52 Lynds 2
 
DC 3346]46 . . . . . . . 16 02 54.2 [45 46 25 HMSTG 1 L1099 . . . . . . . . . 21 34 27.9 57 13 18 Lynds 2
 
DC 3394]95 . . . . . . . 16 04 27.0 [39 04 06 HMSTG 1 L973 . . . . . . . . . . . 21 35 16.3 43 06 57 Lynds 1
 
DC 3376]76 . . . . . . . 16 04 58.6 [41 32 54 HMSTG 1 L1111 . . . . . . . . . 21 38 53.6 57 34 24 Lynds 1
 
DC 3397]92 . . . . . . . 16 06 45.0 [38 58 24 HMSTG 3 L1121 . . . . . . . . . 21 39 10.0 58 02 33 Lynds 1
 
DC 3381]71 . . . . . . . 16 07 59.4 [41 34 19 HMSTG 3 L1103 . . . . . . . . . 21 40 40.6 56 30 00 Lynds 2
 
DC 3402]90 . . . . . . . 16 08 01.0 [38 53 49 HMSTG 1 L1113 . . . . . . . . . 21 42 56.7 56 56 25 Lynds 2
 
DC 3369]51 . . . . . . . 16 10 18.3 [43 53 34 HMSTG 1 L1031C . . . . . . . 21 44 35.6 47 04 20 BM 1
 
DC 3420]94 . . . . . . . 16 14 28.7 [37 23 52 HMSTG 1 L1139 . . . . . . . . . 21 53 47.3 58 20 14 Lynds 2
 
DC 3412]65 . . . . . . . 16 21 44.4 [39 52 38 HMSTG 1 L1143 . . . . . . . . . 21 57 03.0 58 42 25 Lynds 1
 
L1681A* . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 59.0 [24 27 32 BM 1 L1166 . . . . . . . . . 22 03 46.7 59 19 07 Lynds 1
 
L1681B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 24 33.8 [24 36 47 BM 1 L1164 . . . . . . . . . 22 05 07.7 58 51 15 Lynds 1
 
L1696AB . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 25 30.0 [24 12 32 BM 3 L1235 . . . . . . . . . 22 14 41.4 73 10 00 BM 1
 
L1704 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 27 50.0 [23 34 37 BM 2 L1195 . . . . . . . . . 22 25 18.1 61 01 06 Lynds 1
 
L1757 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 29 01.9 [19 35 24 Lynds 2 L1221 . . . . . . . . . 22 26 38.4 68 45 48 Lynds 1
 
L1709BC* . . . . . . . . . . 16 29 16.0 [23 51 12 BM 4 L1185 . . . . . . . . . 22 27 27.6 58 53 30 Lynds 1
 
L1689AB* . . . . . . . . . . 16 30 10.5 [24 37 57 BM 6 L1251A . . . . . . . 22 29 03.3 74 58 51 BM 2
 
DC 3387]18 . . . . . . . 16 30 33.3 [44 54 53 HMSTG 1 L1197 . . . . . . . . . 22 35 08.0 58 41 46 Lynds 1
 
L43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 31 27.7 [15 41 40 BM 3 L1251 . . . . . . . . . 22 36 26.0 74 54 46 Lynds 1
 
DC 3460]78 . . . . . . . 16 33 32.0 [35 31 06 HMSTG 2 L1229 . . . . . . . . . 23 12 16.8 61 46 47 Lynds 1
 
DC 3464]79 . . . . . . . 16 34 13.4 [35 08 26 HMSTG 1 L1234 . . . . . . . . . 23 15 12.0 62 10 00 Lynds 1
 
DC 3463]78 . . . . . . . 16 34 26.8 [35 21 54 HMSTG 1 CB 243 . . . . . . . . 23 23 00.0 63 20 00 Le 1
 
L121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 36 41.0 [13 59 21 Lynds 1 L1262A . . . . . . . 23 23 32.2 74 01 45 BM 1
 
L1782 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 39 13.2 [19 36 22 Lynds 2 CB 246 . . . . . . . . 23 54 12.0 58 17 47 Le 1
 
DC 3393[03 . . . . . . . 16 42 30.0 [45 54 54 HMSTG 1 L1263 . . . . . . . . . 23 54 54.2 64 32 27 Lynds 1
 
DC 3405]05 . . . . . . . 16 43 05.8 [44 26 04 HMSTG 1 L1271 . . . . . . . . . 23 59 15.3 67 01 48 Lynds 4
 
NOTE.ÈUnits of right ascension are hours, minutes, and seconds, and units of declination are degrees, arcminutes, and arcseconds.
 
a Searched size of all regions is 30@]30@ except for the Ðve regions marked with an asterisk behind the name of the region, whose searched area is
 
60@]60@.
 
b REFERENCES.ÈLynds, Lynds 1962; BM, Benson & Myers 1989; Le, Lemme et al. 1996; ON, Onishi et al. 1996; CO, Codella et al. 1997; HMSTG,
 
Hartley et al. 1986; VMP, Vilas-Boas et al. 1994.
 
c Number of cores selected in each reference region.
 
L1622
 
A
 
B
 
OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES 237
 
FIG. 1.ÈAn example (for L1622) of how to select the local minimum positions of the intensity in a cloud by its optical extinction using an image extracted
 
from the STScI Digitized Sky Survey. The area of the image is and the coordinate of 0¡.5]0¡.5 the center is (a, d) 52m 01¡ 51@ 00@@), which was 1950.0\(5h 00s.0,
 
changed from the Lynds (1962) position to shift the cloud into a central position in the image. The smooth contours are overlaid on the gray-scale image to
 
enable identiÐcation of two local minima (A and B) of intensity. The smoothing length for the contours in this case is 30A. The regions with the locally lowest
 
or highest intensity are marked with L and H, respectively. The numeric values below the characters are data values by DSS that are proportional to
 
photographic densities.
 
2.2.1. T he Darkness Contrast of Cores
 
In Table 2, column (10), we give an indication of a darkness
 
contrast (DC) of the dark core to the background in
 
the DSS image. This contrast was calculated according to
 
(IB[IC)/IB, where IB and IC are the data values (DN) by
 
DSS (that are on a scale of photographic density [c] in the
 
expression c\DN/6553.4 [Postman 1996]) for the background
 
and the core, respectively. The IB and IC values were
 
approximately determined by using a cut-proÐle of the data
 
values crossing the core. The IB and IC would correspond to
 
a constantly Ñat level and a minimum level of the proÐle,
 
respectively. Figure 2 shows an example of how we adopted
 
IB and IC for L1622. This cut-proÐle is the one crossing two
 
intensity minima of L1622A and L1622B.
 
According to this value of the DC, we classiÐed cores into
 
four quartiles, 1 being the least dark to 4 the most dark so
 
that each group contains 25% of total number of cores. It is
 
noted that the Lynds 6 and HMSTG A clouds more likely
 
consist of cores with a DC of 3 or 4, while Lynds 5 clouds
 
more likely have cores with a DC of 1 or 2 (Fig. 3). However
 
we also note that if the dark cores are located at the dark
 
background, the DC values tend to have a low value. This
 
explains why many Lynds 6 cores also have a DC value of 1
 
in Figure 3.
 
2.2.2. T he Size and the AspectRatio of Cores
 
For evaluation of these properties, we do not consider
 
cores with more than two peaks in the contour map because
 
of ambiguity in the size information of such cores, but we do
 
consider cores with only one peak in the map whose size
 
and aspect ratio can be better determined. The distribution
 
of the apparent angular size of cores is shown with the
 
geometric mean (ab)0.5 of cores in Figure 4, indicating that
 
most of the cores (D70%) have angular size between 1@ and
 
TABLE 2
 
OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES
 
a b R PA Distance
 
Number Source R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (arcmin) (arcmin) (arcmin) (deg) EYSO DC Class (pc) References
 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
1 . . . . . . . . L1275 00 00 48.2 67 02 05 8.2 1.5 3.5 25 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
2 . . . . . . . . L1291 00 39 47.6 61 44 35 1.5 1.5 1.5 0 N 2 5 . . . . . .
 
3 . . . . . . . . L1333 02 21 10.2 75 13 32 2.8 1.7 2.2 2 N 3 6 . . . . . .
 
4 . . . . . . . . L1355 02 48 41.4 68 43 36 3.5 1.6 2.4 8 N 3 6 300 1
 
5 . . . . . . . . L1358-1 02 51 13.3 69 01 38 1.9 1.4 1.6 14 Y 2 6 . . . . . .
 
6 . . . . . . . . L1358-2 02 51 55.1 69 12 03 2.8 1.3 1.9 [87 N 2 6 . . . . . .
 
7 . . . . . . . . B5-1 03 44 26.4 32 46 45 3.2 1.6 2.3 [43 N 1 . . . 350 2
 
8 . . . . . . . . B5-2 03 45 15.5 32 45 07 2.1 1.8 1.9 24 N 1 . . . 350 2
 
9 . . . . . . . . CB 17 (L1389) 04 00 35.4 56 47 50 1.7 0.6 1.0 [44 Y 3 6 170 3
 
10 . . . . . . L1498 04 07 51.8 25 01 35 3.2 1.6 2.3 [71 N 1 5 140 4
 
11 . . . . . . L1495-2 04 14 51.2 28 30 40 6.3 5.1 5.7 7 N 3 5 140 4
 
12 . . . . . . L1495-3 04 15 23.9 28 21 21 12.0 5.7 8.3 15 Y 3 5 140 4
 
13 . . . . . . L1506B 04 16 03.9 25 13 01 7.9 2.2 4.2 [85 N 1 6 140 4
 
14 . . . . . . L1399-1 04 20 00.5 55 01 00 . . . . . . 6.2 . . . N 1 5 170 3
 
15 . . . . . . L1506A 04 20 30.1 24 58 29 20.2 9.5 13.9 [64 Y 2 6 140 4
 
16 . . . . . . L1521B-2 04 20 32.8 26 33 11 . . . . . . 6.2 . . . N 2 4 140 4
 
17 . . . . . . L1399-2 04 20 58.3 54 52 48 . . . . . . 9.2 . . . N 2 5 170 3
 
18 . . . . . . L1521B-1 04 21 11.6 26 29 12 4.7 4.7 4.7 0 N 2 4 140 4
 
19 . . . . . . L1399-3 04 21 11.8 54 49 59 . . . . . . 9.2 . . . N 2 5 170 3
 
20 . . . . . . B213-7 04 22 12.8 26 26 10 . . . . . . 5.4 . . . N 1 . . . 140 4
 
21 . . . . . . B217-1 04 24 44.5 26 11 27 3.2 1.7 2.3 [21 Y 1 . . . 140 4
 
22 . . . . . . B217-2 04 25 04.5 26 14 16 3.3 1.9 2.5 38 N 2 . . . 140 4
 
23 . . . . . . L1400A-2 04 25 05.8 54 39 40 4.1 1.3 2.3 [81 N 3 3 170 3
 
24 . . . . . . L1521-1 (L1521F) 04 25 29.0 26 45 04 6.9 4.4 5.5 [55 N 1 4 140 4
 
25 . . . . . . L1400F (L1407) 04 25 37.0 54 07 23 15.2 10.1 12.4 65 N 2 3 170 3
 
26 . . . . . . L1524-2 04 26 16.9 24 25 02 6.3 5.2 5.7 [86 Y 2 5 140 4
 
27 . . . . . . L1521E 04 26 17.2 26 07 34 2.7 1.7 2.1 90 N 1 4 140 4
 
28 . . . . . . L1524-1 04 26 17.8 24 31 26 6.5 3.6 4.8 [71 Y 2 5 140 4
 
29 . . . . . . L1521-2 04 26 26.8 26 53 27 5.5 2.5 3.7 [69 N 1 4 140 4
 
30 . . . . . . L1400K 04 26 41.6 54 44 16 . . . . . . 5.2 . . . N 4 3 170 3
 
31 . . . . . . L1524-3 04 26 51.5 24 23 44 10.8 5.4 7.6 [36 Y 2 5 140 4
 
32 . . . . . . L1524-4 04 27 04.1 24 18 47 10.8 5.4 7.6 [36 N 2 5 140 4
 
33 . . . . . . L1551S-2 04 28 03.5 18 09 09 5.7 3.8 4.7 [11 N 1 6 140 4
 
34 . . . . . . L1445 04 28 28.8 46 31 01 8.2 2.2 4.2 [10 N 2 5 . . . . . .
 
35 . . . . . . TMC 2-2 (L1529) 04 28 35.8 24 17 29 4.6 2.1 3.1 63 Y 1 5 140 4
 
36 . . . . . . L1551S-1 04 28 53.9 18 01 14 2.8 1.3 1.9 [41 N 1 6 140 4
 
37 . . . . . . TMC 2A (L1529) 04 28 59.1 24 25 42 9.5 4.7 6.7 [40 Y 1 5 140 4
 
38 . . . . . . B18-2 04 29 34.4 24 45 46 3.8 1.7 2.5 [55 N 2 . . . 140 4
 
39 . . . . . . TMC 2-1 (L1529) 04 29 37.5 24 18 14 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . Y 1 5 140 4
 
40 . . . . . . L1536-2 04 29 50.7 22 53 29 2.7 2.0 2.3 [2 N 1 4 140 4
 
41 . . . . . . TMC 2-3 (L1529) 04 29 57.6 24 11 26 4.3 2.5 3.3 [70 N 1 5 140 4
 
42 . . . . . . L1536-3 04 30 01.7 22 47 41 2.4 0.9 1.5 76 N 1 4 140 4
 
43 . . . . . . L1536-1 04 30 19.7 22 36 51 11.4 5.1 7.6 [88 N 1 4 140 4
 
44 . . . . . . B18-3 04 31 04.6 24 03 32 7.9 1.9 3.9 [55 N 3 . . . 140 4
 
45 . . . . . . B18-4 04 32 34.0 24 02 48 4.1 3.8 3.9 2 Y 3 . . . 140 4
 
46 . . . . . . B18-5 04 32 49.7 24 03 15 3.0 2.1 2.5 [37 N 2 . . . 140 4
 
47 . . . . . . L1527A-1 04 35 05.1 26 08 37 7.6 4.4 5.8 [75 Y 1 6 140 4
 
48 . . . . . . L1527A-2 04 35 54.0 26 15 38 4.0 1.5 2.4 5 N 1 6 140 4
 
49 . . . . . . L1534 04 36 36.4 25 35 14 9.5 6.3 7.7 [73 Y 1 5 140 4
 
50 . . . . . . CB 22 (L1503) 04 37 30.2 29 47 13 4.7 1.7 2.8 [43 N 2 5 140 4
 
51 . . . . . . TMC 1-1 (L1527) 04 38 26.5 25 39 27 15.8 4.7 8.6 [40 Y 2 6 140 4
 
52 . . . . . . TMC 1C (L1527) 04 38 27.5 25 55 46 12.6 5.7 8.5 [52 Y 2 6 140 4
 
53 . . . . . . L1507-1 04 39 29.4 29 36 24 4.7 2.2 3.2 [13 N 2 5 140 4
 
54 . . . . . . L1507-2 04 39 53.4 29 38 25 3.5 1.6 2.4 71 N 1 5 140 4
 
55 . . . . . . L1507-3 04 40 21.4 29 33 37 1.7 0.9 1.2 38 N 2 5 140 4
 
56 . . . . . . L1426 04 43 17.5 52 59 03 2.1 2.1 2.1 0 N 1 5 170 3
 
57 . . . . . . L1517C 04 51 33.6 30 30 54 4.7 3.2 3.9 [69 N 2 6 140 4
 
58 . . . . . . L1517B-2 04 51 56.4 30 38 03 3.2 2.1 2.6 [45 N 1 6 140 4
 
59 . . . . . . L1517A 04 51 56.7 30 29 20 4.7 2.5 3.4 [64 N 2 6 140 4
 
60 . . . . . . L1517B-1 04 52 05.9 30 32 58 4.7 1.7 2.8 [4 N 3 6 140 4
 
61 . . . . . . L1517D 04 52 45.7 30 35 14 4.7 2.4 3.4 [45 N 2 6 140 4
 
62 . . . . . . L1544-3 05 00 38.6 25 14 18 4.7 2.4 3.4 90 N 1 6 140 4
 
63 . . . . . . L1512 (CB 27) 05 00 54.4 32 39 00 4.7 2.2 3.2 [13 N 3 6 140 4
 
64 . . . . . . L1544-1 05 01 18.3 25 07 29 . . . . . . 5.8 . . . N 1 6 140 4
 
65 . . . . . . L1544-2 05 01 39.1 25 07 30 2.4 1.9 2.1 [60 N 1 6 140 4
 
238
 
TABLE 2ÈContinued
 
a b R PA Distance
 
Number Source R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (arcmin) (arcmin) (arcmin) (deg) EYSO DC Class (pc) References
 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
66 . . . . . . . L1523 05 03 02.7 31 37 30 5.1 1.9 3.1 12 N 2 6 140 4
 
67 . . . . . . . CB 28 05 03 51.2 [04 00 20 3.6 2.4 2.9 83 N 2 . . . 500 5
 
68 . . . . . . . L1552 05 14 34.9 26 01 17 5.9 2.5 3.8 [1 N 3 6 140 4
 
69 . . . . . . . L1582A 05 29 15.0 12 28 57 5.2 2.4 3.5 [52 N 4 5 400 6
 
70 . . . . . . . B35A 05 41 50.5 09 09 17 3.2 1.6 2.3 11 Y 2 . . . 400 7
 
71 . . . . . . . L1622A 05 52 17.1 01 56 55 5.1 1.1 2.4 39 N 3 6 500 5
 
72 . . . . . . . L1622B 05 52 17.5 01 45 11 2.2 1.1 1.6 87 Y 3 6 500 5
 
73 . . . . . . . L1621-2 05 52 49.8 02 08 07 1.0 0.8 0.9 90 N 2 4 500 5
 
74 . . . . . . . L1621-1 05 53 23.0 02 17 39 5.9 1.1 2.5 25 N 3 4 500 5
 
75 . . . . . . . CB 37 (L1555) 05 57 29.9 31 39 25 4.7 3.1 3.8 [87 N 3 4 . . . . . .
 
76 . . . . . . . L1574 06 05 08.9 18 28 41 2.5 0.9 1.5 [11 N 1 4 . . . . . .
 
77 . . . . . . . L1645 06 05 16.2 [05 32 16 4.9 1.3 2.5 6 Y 1 4 830 9
 
78 . . . . . . . L1578-2 06 05 40.4 18 12 00 13.3 5.7 8.7 7 PM* 3 4 . . . . . .
 
79 . . . . . . . L1578-1 06 05 41.6 18 06 54 13.3 5.7 8.7 7 PM* 2 4 . . . . . .
 
80 . . . . . . . CB 45 (L1578) 06 06 02.0 17 50 48 2.4 1.6 2.0 [38 N 3 4 . . . . . .
 
81 . . . . . . . L1633 06 22 04.0 03 23 53 1.4 1.4 1.4 0 N 3 4 . . . . . .
 
82 . . . . . . . DC 2592[132-1 (V4) 07 29 02.8 [46 37 10 1.6 0.5 0.9 88 N 4 A 300 10
 
83 . . . . . . . DC 2592[132-2 (V4) 07 29 20.3 [46 49 26 2.2 1.6 1.9 [31 N 3 A 300 10
 
84 . . . . . . . DC 2555[48 08 03 46.1 [39 00 10 5.2 0.9 2.2 86 N 3 A 300 10
 
85 . . . . . . . V13-2 08 06 54.9 [35 54 21 2.5 1.4 1.9 [54 N 4 A 300 10
 
86 . . . . . . . V13-3 08 07 01.0 [35 48 22 3.2 0.7 1.5 [28 N 4 A 300 10
 
87 . . . . . . . V13-1 08 07 09.0 [35 52 18 0.8 0.6 0.7 7 N 4 A 300 10
 
88 . . . . . . . V14 08 07 39.9 [35 56 04 . . . . . . 1.8 . . . Y 4 A 300 10
 
89 . . . . . . . DC 2573[25-1 08 15 19.5 [39 44 40 2.5 1.6 2.0 43 Y 4 A 300 10
 
90 . . . . . . . DC 2573[25-2 08 15 23.8 [39 41 40 1.3 0.9 1.1 39 N 3 A 300 10
 
91 . . . . . . . DC 2660[75-2 08 19 40.0 [49 31 38 . . . . . . 5.0 . . . Y 3 A 300 10
 
92 . . . . . . . DC 2660[75-1 08 19 53.7 [49 41 10 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . N 3 A 300 10
 
93 . . . . . . . DC 2674[75 08 24 15.2 [50 52 08 5.6 2.4 3.7 32 Y 4 A 300 10
 
94 . . . . . . . DC 2672[72 08 25 03.5 [50 30 11 . . . . . . 2.0 . . . Y 4 A 300 10
 
95 . . . . . . . DC 2675[74 08 25 10.2 [50 52 00 1.9 1.1 1.4 4 N 4 A 300 10
 
96 . . . . . . . DC 2676[60-1 08 32 36.6 [50 08 03 1.9 1.1 1.4 [73 N 4 A 300 10
 
97 . . . . . . . DC 2676[60-2 08 32 45.3 [50 14 33 1.4 0.8 1.1 32 N 4 A 300 10
 
98 . . . . . . . DC 2694]30 (V27) 09 20 28.7 [45 35 05 8.1 1.6 3.6 [34 N 4 A 300 10
 
99 . . . . . . . DC 2695]40 09 24 18.1 [44 58 32 6.3 0.9 2.4 72 N 3 A 300 10
 
100 . . . . . . DC 2742[04 09 27 05.5 [51 23 14 4.6 1.9 3.0 12 N 4 A 300 10
 
101 . . . . . . DC 2962[158 10 49 28.9 [76 48 59 . . . . . . 4.6 . . . N 3 A 150 11
 
102 . . . . . . DC 2965[157 10 55 31.7 [76 48 52 4.7 1.9 3.0 [2 N 2 A 150 11
 
103 . . . . . . DC 29103[35 10 57 12.9 [63 26 49 10.7 2.5 5.2 [76 N 1 A . . . . . .
 
104 . . . . . . DC 2971[161-1 11 01 09.3 [77 26 22 9.5 3.2 5.5 34 N 3 A 150 11
 
105 . . . . . . DC 2971[161-2 11 01 39.8 [77 32 55 . . . . . . 5.8 . . . N 3 A 150 11
 
106 . . . . . . DC 2972[151 11 09 47.9 [76 38 29 10.1 4.7 6.9 [48 N 2 A 150 11
 
107 . . . . . . DC 2983[131 11 37 59.1 [75 00 00 3.5 2.7 3.1 [56 N 3 A 150 11
 
108 . . . . . . DC 2977[28 11 59 07.2 [64 52 15 6.9 3.2 4.7 [47 Y 1 A 175 12
 
109 . . . . . . Mu 4 12 21 29.0 [71 35 56 3.9 0.8 1.8 25 N 1 A 225 13
 
110 . . . . . . DC 3002[35 12 21 30.2 [65 55 26 7.3 1.3 3.1 [78 N 1 A 175 12
 
111 . . . . . . Mu 8 12 26 39.0 [70 54 04 8.4 1.0 2.9 39 N 1 A 225 13
 
112 . . . . . . Mu 10 12 28 03.4 [70 46 30 . . . . . . 8.4 . . . N 1 A 225 13
 
113 . . . . . . DC 3020[177-1 12 28 22.6 [80 19 54 2.8 1.3 1.9 [40 N 3 A 200 14
 
114 . . . . . . DC 3007[10 (Co2) 12 28 50.6 [63 28 02 10.1 6.6 8.2 [32 N 1 A 175 12
 
115 . . . . . . DC 3023[177 12 31 54.0 [80 13 31 3.3 1.6 2.3 26 N 3 A 200 14
 
116 . . . . . . DC 3020[177-2 12 33 06.8 [80 20 35 1.9 1.3 1.6 48 N 3 A 200 14
 
117 . . . . . . DC 3025[175 12 37 03.2 [80 03 39 3.0 0.6 1.3 52 N 3 A 200 14
 
118 . . . . . . DC 3026[159 12 41 21.4 [78 31 56 2.1 1.3 1.7 [51 N 3 A 200 14
 
119 . . . . . . Ch 5 12 46 38.7 [76 41 04 9.3 3.5 5.7 65 N 2 A 200 14
 
120 . . . . . . DC 3030[143 (Ch 7) 12 49 14.6 [76 56 33 8.5 6.0 7.1 [59 Y 1 A 200 14
 
121 . . . . . . Ch 17 12 54 44.8 [76 56 34 5.7 3.2 4.3 [32 N 2 A 200 14
 
122 . . . . . . Ch 19-2 12 56 59.5 [77 02 36 9.5 3.8 6.0 [24 N 2 A 200 14
 
123 . . . . . . Ch 19-1 12 57 24.1 [76 57 01 9.5 3.8 6.0 [24 Y 2 A 200 14
 
124 . . . . . . Ch 20 12 59 18.9 [77 06 56 2.8 1.7 2.2 [32 N 2 A 200 14
 
125 . . . . . . DC 3037[145 13 01 12.6 [77 09 35 4.6 2.8 3.6 17 N 2 A 200 14
 
126 . . . . . . DC 3037[148 13 01 39.7 [77 26 49 3.2 1.6 2.3 [22 N 1 A 200 14
 
127 . . . . . . DC 3037[152 13 01 51.6 [77 45 01 . . . . . . 5.0 . . . N 2 A 200 14
 
128 . . . . . . DC 3037[150 13 02 00.5 [77 37 08 4.7 3.7 4.2 0 N 2 A 200 14
 
129 . . . . . . DC 3038[142 13 03 36.4 [76 44 48 4.7 2.4 3.4 78 Y 2 A 200 14
 
130 . . . . . . DC 3162]51 14 22 33.6 [55 07 04 . . . . . . 4.8 . . . N 4 A . . . . . .
 
131 . . . . . . DC 3148[51 14 44 23.4 [65 04 41 10.1 2.2 4.7 [82 Y 1 A 170 15
 
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Number Source R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (arcmin) (arcmin) (arcmin) (deg) EYSO DC Class (pc) References
 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
132 . . . . . . DC 3230]40 15 07 35.6 [53 06 36 2.4 1.1 1.6 55 N 3 A . . . . . .
 
133 . . . . . . DC 3379]164 15 36 25.2 [34 36 48 3.8 2.8 3.3 [18 Y 3 A 170 16
 
134 . . . . . . DC 3382]164 15 37 23.9 [34 30 40 4.7 2.1 3.1 4 N 4 A 170 16
 
135 . . . . . . DC 3272]18 15 38 33.4 [52 38 36 . . . . . . 3.0 . . . N 4 A . . . . . .
 
136 . . . . . . DC 3388]165-2 15 39 08.8 [33 41 27 4.1 3.2 3.6 [67 N 3 A 170 16
 
137 . . . . . . DC 3388]165-3 15 39 29.2 [33 42 30 5.7 2.5 3.8 [50 N 3 A 170 16
 
138 . . . . . . DC 3388]165-4 15 39 32.4 [33 59 44 . . . . . . 8.8 . . . Y 3 A 170 16
 
139 . . . . . . DC 3388]165-5 15 39 49.9 [33 59 18 . . . . . . 8.8 . . . Y 3 A 170 16
 
140 . . . . . . DC 3388]165-6 15 40 06.5 [34 04 01 2.5 1.9 2.2 [86 N 2 A 170 16
 
141 . . . . . . DC 3392]161-1 15 41 42.7 [34 08 10 10.1 5.7 7.6 40 Y 3 A 170 16
 
142 . . . . . . DC 3392]161-2 15 42 01.1 [34 03 59 4.1 2.5 3.2 52 N 3 A 170 16
 
143 . . . . . . DC 3392]161-3 15 42 03.2 [34 11 21 2.4 1.4 1.8 [72 N 3 A 170 16
 
144 . . . . . . DC 3392]161-4 15 42 16.9 [34 15 19 6.5 3.6 4.8 19 N 3 A 170 16
 
145 . . . . . . DC 3389]151 15 43 24.3 [35 02 46 7.9 1.4 3.3 [47 N 3 A 170 16
 
146 . . . . . . DC 3390]150 15 44 46.3 [35 03 29 5.1 2.2 3.3 [7 Y 4 A 170 16
 
147 . . . . . . L134A 15 50 49.0 [04 25 00 4.9 4.9 4.9 0 N 1 5 165 17
 
148 . . . . . . L183 15 51 22.8 [02 40 44 6.3 3.8 4.9 51 N 2 5 165 17
 
149 . . . . . . DC 3386]119-1 15 53 25.0 [37 45 27 6.5 2.4 3.9 21 N 3 A 170 16
 
150 . . . . . . DC 3386]119-2 15 53 40.4 [37 39 54 5.1 3.2 4.0 64 Y 4 A 170 16
 
151 . . . . . . DC 3356]82 15 54 42.3 [42 26 57 7.1 1.7 3.5 [88 N 3 A 170 16
 
152 . . . . . . DC 3391]117-1 15 55 22.3 [37 30 42 2.5 1.6 2.0 71 N 4 A 170 16
 
153 . . . . . . DC 3391]117-2 15 55 45.6 [37 28 26 4.1 2.4 3.1 33 N 4 A 170 16
 
154 . . . . . . DC 3364]82 15 57 26.9 [41 55 44 17.7 11.1 14.0 90 N 4 A 170 16
 
155 . . . . . . DC 3367]82 15 58 00.8 [41 44 44 15.8 3.8 7.7 57 N 4 A 170 16
 
156 . . . . . . DC 3369]83 15 59 05.3 [41 31 30 6.3 2.8 4.2 [31 N 4 A 170 16
 
157 . . . . . . DC 3386]95 16 01 09.6 [39 29 37 . . . . . . 4.0 . . . N 4 A 170 16
 
158 . . . . . . DC 3346]46 16 02 54.2 [45 46 25 6.9 3.8 5.1 44 N 2 A 170 16
 
159 . . . . . . DC 3394]95 16 04 27.0 [39 04 06 4.3 2.4 3.2 [29 N 3 A 170 16
 
160 . . . . . . DC 3376]76 16 04 58.6 [41 32 54 8.2 3.8 5.6 22 N 4 A 170 16
 
161 . . . . . . DC 3397]92-1 16 06 19.9 [39 01 37 . . . . . . 11.8 . . . Y 3 A 170 16
 
162 . . . . . . DC 3397]92-2 16 06 45.1 [38 55 58 . . . . . . 11.8 . . . Y 3 A 170 16
 
163 . . . . . . DC 3397]92-3 16 07 01.5 [39 03 00 . . . . . . 11.8 . . . Y 3 A 170 16
 
164 . . . . . . DC 3381]71 16 07 59.4 [41 34 19 14.5 8.2 10.9 80 N 3 A 170 16
 
165 . . . . . . DC 3402]90-1 16 08 01.0 [38 53 49 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . PM 3 A 170 16
 
166 . . . . . . DC 3402]90-2 16 08 15.2 [38 50 38 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . PM 3 A 170 16
 
167 . . . . . . DC 3402]90-3 16 08 23.4 [38 53 56 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . PM 3 A 170 16
 
168 . . . . . . DC 3369]51 16 10 18.3 [43 53 34 11.4 3.2 6.0 [60 N 3 A 170 16
 
169 . . . . . . DC 3420]94 16 14 28.7 [37 23 52 4.4 3.3 3.8 [11 N 3 A 170 16
 
170 . . . . . . DC 3412]65 16 21 44.4 [39 52 38 11.4 3.2 6.0 [52 N 1 A 170 16
 
171 . . . . . . L1681A 16 23 58.5 [24 27 39 . . . . . . 26.6 . . . Y 4 5 165 17
 
172 . . . . . . L1696B-1 16 24 40.3 [24 06 24 . . . . . . 11.0 . . . Y 4 6 165 17
 
173 . . . . . . L1696A 16 25 27.5 [24 12 48 . . . . . . 11.0 . . . N 4 6 165 17
 
174 . . . . . . L1696B-2 16 26 09.4 [24 06 43 6.6 3.8 5.0 [35 N 4 6 165 17
 
175 . . . . . . L1704-1 16 27 49.8 [23 35 49 4.9 3.2 4.0 32 N 4 6 165 17
 
176 . . . . . . L1704-2 16 28 09.3 [23 34 29 3.3 1.7 2.4 [17 N 4 6 165 17
 
177 . . . . . . L1709B-1 16 28 35.4 [23 52 19 44.2 7.6 18.3 54 Y 4 6 165 17
 
178 . . . . . . L1757-1 16 29 01.9 [19 35 24 . . . . . . 11.0 . . . N 3 6 165 17
 
179 . . . . . . L1757-2 16 29 08.5 [19 42 05 . . . . . . 11.0 . . . N 3 6 165 17
 
180 . . . . . . L1689A 16 29 10.4 [24 56 03 2.8 1.6 2.1 11 N 2 6 165 17
 
181 . . . . . . L1689B2 16 29 11.4 [24 18 43 9.8 3.6 5.9 [14 Y 3 6 165 17
 
182 . . . . . . L1709B-2 16 29 49.3 [23 46 22 44.2 7.6 18.3 54 N 4 6 165 17
 
183 . . . . . . L1709C-2 16 30 18.0 [23 40 01 44.2 7.6 18.3 54 N 4 6 165 17
 
184 . . . . . . L1689B3 16 30 26.5 [24 37 33 9.5 4.7 6.7 81 N 4 6 165 17
 
185 . . . . . . L1689B4 16 30 27.0 [24 21 55 7.6 4.4 5.8 [64 Y 4 6 165 17
 
186 . . . . . . DC 3387]18 16 30 33.3 [44 54 53 9.5 1.4 3.6 [66 Y 3 A 700 32
 
187 . . . . . . L1709C-1 16 30 52.6 [23 33 54 44.2 7.6 18.3 54 N 4 6 165 17
 
188 . . . . . . L1689B5 16 30 55.8 [24 28 16 . . . . . . 17.4 . . . Y 3 6 165 17
 
189 . . . . . . L43F 16 31 03.9 [15 45 31 21.8 1.9 6.4 64 N 3 6 165 17
 
190 . . . . . . L43D 16 31 28.8 [15 42 54 21.8 1.9 6.4 64 Y 3 6 165 17
 
191 . . . . . . L1689B1 16 31 35.2 [24 29 47 . . . . . . 17.4 . . . Y 4 6 165 17
 
192 . . . . . . L43E 16 31 47.7 [15 40 51 21.8 1.9 6.4 64 Y 3 6 165 17
 
193 . . . . . . DC 3460]78 16 33 34.7 [35 30 27 4.1 2.1 2.9 5 N 4 A 170 16
 
194 . . . . . . DC 3464]79 16 34 13.4 [35 08 26 3.8 2.4 3.0 [51 N 4 A 170 16
 
195 . . . . . . DC 3463]78 16 34 26.8 [35 21 54 5.9 1.7 3.2 32 N 4 A 170 16
 
196 . . . . . . L121 16 36 41.0 [13 59 21 3.1 1.7 2.3 8 N 1 5 165 17
 
197 . . . . . . L1782-1 16 39 13.2 [19 36 22 6.0 1.7 3.2 [40 N 1 6 165 17
 
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
198 . . . . . . L1782-2 16 39 36.4 [19 38 00 3.8 2.7 3.2 35 N 2 6 165 17
 
199 . . . . . . DC 3393-03 16 42 30.0 [45 54 54 4.3 1.4 2.5 [87 N 4 A 700 32
 
200 . . . . . . DC 3405]05 16 43 05.8 [44 26 04 7.1 2.5 4.2 62 N 4 A 700 32
 
201 . . . . . . L158-2 16 44 02.6 [13 53 26 8.2 4.1 5.8 55 N 2 6 165 17
 
202 . . . . . . L204C-1 16 44 30.6 [12 14 14 5.7 2.2 3.5 1 N 3 6 165 17
 
203 . . . . . . L260 16 44 32.5 [09 29 58 7.6 4.1 5.6 [73 Y 2 6 165 17
 
204 . . . . . . L204C-2 16 44 58.5 [12 18 04 3.6 1.6 2.4 [5 N 3 6 165 17
 
205 . . . . . . L191-1 16 44 59.6 [12 34 43 6.0 2.5 3.9 [52 N 2 5 165 17
 
206 . . . . . . L191-2 16 45 01.7 [12 47 38 1.7 1.4 1.5 58 N 1 5 165 17
 
207 . . . . . . L255-1 16 45 01.9 [09 48 32 6.3 4.0 5.0 54 Y 3 6 165 17
 
208 . . . . . . L234E1 16 45 22.6 [10 52 10 11.7 0.9 3.2 2 N 3 3 165 17
 
209 . . . . . . L234E2 16 45 23.2 [10 46 37 11.7 0.9 3.2 2 Y 2 3 165 17
 
210 . . . . . . L255-2 16 45 30.9 [09 58 47 4.9 1.9 3.1 [5 N 2 6 165 17
 
211 . . . . . . L158-3 16 45 33.9 [14 03 18 7.9 4.1 5.7 54 Y 3 6 165 17
 
212 . . . . . . L234E3 16 45 49.0 [10 45 45 3.3 2.1 2.6 56 N 2 3 165 17
 
213 . . . . . . L158-4 16 46 22.0 [14 05 23 7.0 3.5 4.9 81 Y 2 6 165 17
 
214 . . . . . . L162-1 16 46 22.3 [14 05 33 . . . . . . 7.6 . . . Y 1 6 165 17
 
215 . . . . . . L63-4 16 46 49.1 [17 49 47 3.2 1.6 2.3 [49 N 1 6 165 17
 
216 . . . . . . L63-3 16 47 10.5 [17 53 51 5.2 1.4 2.7 [25 N 1 6 165 17
 
217 . . . . . . L63-2 16 47 11.2 [17 59 52 5.9 3.6 4.6 [82 N 1 6 165 17
 
218 . . . . . . L63-1 16 47 20.5 [18 00 53 5.9 3.6 4.6 [82 N 1 6 165 17
 
219 . . . . . . L141-2 16 48 03.1 [15 16 54 . . . . . . 6.8 . . . N 2 5 165 17
 
220 . . . . . . L141-3 16 48 11.1 [15 12 04 6.9 1.9 3.6 54 N 2 5 165 17
 
221 . . . . . . L129-2 16 51 57.6 [16 21 42 2.5 1.1 1.7 25 N 1 6 165 17
 
222 . . . . . . L129-1 16 52 18.4 [16 17 10 3.5 1.6 2.4 [79 N 1 6 165 17
 
223 . . . . . . L122 16 52 22.4 [16 42 03 3.0 2.1 2.5 80 N 2 6 165 17
 
224 . . . . . . CB 68-3 (L146) 16 53 05.4 [15 52 21 11.4 7.9 9.5 [25 Y 2 5 165 17
 
225 . . . . . . CB 68-2 (L146) 16 54 00.0 [15 57 11 2.8 1.3 1.9 [5 N 1 5 165 17
 
226 . . . . . . CB 68-1 (L146) 16 54 27.5 [16 04 09 4.1 2.1 2.9 [40 Y 2 5 165 17
 
227 . . . . . . DC 3504]44 16 59 40.9 [34 20 44 8.8 6.9 7.8 0 N 1 A 170 16
 
228 . . . . . . L111 17 11 59.5 [20 27 15 4.3 1.4 2.5 66 N 1 6 165 17
 
229 . . . . . . L100 17 13 07.6 [20 54 04 12.3 4.7 7.6 [21 Y/PM 1 6 165 17
 
230 . . . . . . L173 17 14 25.4 [18 27 45 9.5 3.2 5.5 [11 N 1 6 165 17
 
231 . . . . . . L1772 17 16 25.8 [26 41 37 9.3 3.6 5.8 53 N 1 6 165 17
 
232 . . . . . . L1768 17 16 35.0 [26 52 57 13.0 1.6 4.6 81 N 1 6 165 17
 
233 . . . . . . L1773 17 18 08.4 [26 50 46 12.0 4.4 7.3 [45 N 1 6 165 17
 
234 . . . . . . L1774 17 19 32.1 [27 02 25 7.9 3.2 5.0 [82 Y 1 6 165 17
 
235 . . . . . . B68-1 17 19 36.0 [23 47 13 3.8 2.4 3.0 [48 N 2 . . . 165 17
 
236 . . . . . . B68-2 17 20 34.0 [23 37 32 4.3 3.5 3.9 [26 N 2 . . . 165 17
 
237 . . . . . . B68-3 17 20 49.4 [23 39 57 8.2 2.5 4.5 45 N 2 . . . 165 17
 
238 . . . . . . DC 3463[41 17 22 40.3 [42 37 01 12.6 4.4 7.4 62 PM 1 A . . . . . .
 
239 . . . . . . DC 3479[44 17 28 52.7 [41 32 37 . . . . . . 3.6 . . . N 2 A . . . . . .
 
240 . . . . . . L425 17 44 15.4 [04 34 07 . . . . . . 6.6 . . . Y 1 5 . . . . . .
 
241 . . . . . . DC 3475[80 17 44 26.1 [43 42 02 5.2 2.5 3.6 [81 N 1 A . . . . . .
 
242 . . . . . . L392 17 50 24.3 [08 26 43 6.5 2.7 4.2 33 N 1 5 200 18
 
243 . . . . . . L421 17 51 38.9 [05 46 02 1.6 1.6 1.6 0 N 1 5 200 18
 
244 . . . . . . L460 17 55 24.4 [03 46 24 7.6 3.2 4.9 [52 N 1 6 200 18
 
245 . . . . . . L432 17 55 46.2 [05 43 45 10.1 3.2 5.7 [8 N 1 6 200 18
 
246 . . . . . . L468 17 57 38.0 [03 30 03 4.7 2.1 3.1 0 N 1 5 200 18
 
247 . . . . . . L462-1 18 04 51.9 [04 43 57 4.9 2.1 3.2 90 N 1 6 200 18
 
248 . . . . . . L462-2 18 04 56.9 [04 40 57 4.9 3.2 4.0 81 N 1 6 200 18
 
249 . . . . . . L108 18 07 08.0 [28 18 41 2.8 1.4 2.0 [11 N 3 6 . . . . . .
 
250 . . . . . . L422 18 09 20.0 [08 04 46 4.2 1.6 2.6 [36 N 2 6 . . . . . .
 
251 . . . . . . L438 18 11 23.8 [07 10 01 3.2 1.7 2.3 [49 N 1 6 . . . . . .
 
252 . . . . . . L436 18 11 53.0 [07 23 49 4.6 2.2 3.2 85 N 1 6 . . . . . .
 
253 . . . . . . L323 (CB 125) 18 12 39.1 [18 11 47 . . . . . . 10.4 . . . Y 2 6 200 8
 
254 . . . . . . L490 18 12 42.5 [03 47 11 3.3 2.2 2.7 [48 N 1 6 200 18
 
255 . . . . . . L492 18 13 11.6 [03 47 17 3.8 2.7 3.2 [18 N 1 6 200 18
 
256 . . . . . . CB 130-2 (L507) 18 13 37.5 [02 24 28 2.2 1.4 1.8 16 N 3 5 200 18
 
257 . . . . . . CB 130-1 (L507) 18 13 39.2 [02 34 06 3.1 1.4 2.1 [88 N 3 5 200 18
 
258 . . . . . . CB 130-3 (L507) 18 13 41.5 [02 17 47 3.0 1.3 2.0 61 N 3 5 200 18
 
259 . . . . . . L328 18 14 05.3 [18 03 10 1.7 1.4 1.5 47 N 1 6 200 8
 
260 . . . . . . L429-1 18 14 28.2 [08 14 40 21.5 8.8 13.8 42 N 2 6 200 18
 
261 . . . . . . L429-2 18 14 32.8 [08 19 02 21.5 8.8 13.8 42 N 2 6 200 18
 
262 . . . . . . L429-3 18 14 50.8 [08 15 17 21.5 8.8 13.8 42 N 2 6 200 18
 
263 . . . . . . L483-1 18 14 54.8 [04 40 23 . . . . . . 11.4 . . . Y 1 6 200 18
 
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TABLE 2ÈContinued
 
a b R PA Distance
 
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
264 . . . . . . L429-4 18 15 05.2 [08 10 07 21.5 8.8 13.8 42 N 2 6 200 18
 
265 . . . . . . L483-2 18 15 26.5 [04 34 24 7.4 4.4 5.7 51 N 1 6 200 18
 
266 . . . . . . L466 18 17 04.5 [06 07 36 6.3 5.1 5.7 45 N 1 6 200 18
 
267 . . . . . . L451 18 19 12.3 [07 14 11 6.8 2.8 4.4 74 N 1 5 200 18
 
268 . . . . . . L539-1 18 21 05.7 [01 04 28 . . . . . . 9.4 . . . N 1 6 200 18
 
269 . . . . . . L539-2 18 21 46.5 [01 01 05 . . . . . . 5.2 . . . N 1 6 200 18
 
270 . . . . . . L416 18 22 46.2 [10 41 26 . . . . . . 3.4 . . . N 3 6 200 18
 
271 . . . . . . L406 18 22 50.5 [11 49 11 10.1 7.6 8.8 26 Y 3 5 200 18
 
272 . . . . . . L423 18 25 03.9 [10 16 08 7.9 1.9 3.9 [82 N 1 5 200 18
 
273 . . . . . . L411 18 25 07.9 [11 29 15 3.0 0.8 1.5 34 N 3 5 200 18
 
274 . . . . . . L503 18 26 49.5 [04 40 45 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . N 2 6 200 18
 
275 . . . . . . L443-1 18 29 47.1 [08 59 13 4.1 2.8 3.4 14 N 3 5 200 18
 
276 . . . . . . L443-2 18 30 01.6 [09 14 41 5.2 4.6 4.9 [37 N 3 5 200 18
 
277 . . . . . . L239 18 30 11.5 [26 04 16 3.0 2.4 2.7 [58 N 1 6 . . . . . .
 
278 . . . . . . L443-3 18 30 12.0 [09 16 52 5.2 4.6 4.9 [37 N 2 5 200 18
 
279 . . . . . . L588-2 18 32 47.0 [00 43 53 . . . . . . 3.8 . . . N 3 6 200 18
 
280 . . . . . . L588-3 18 33 18.2 [00 33 25 2.4 1.3 1.8 61 N 3 6 200 18
 
281 . . . . . . L588-4 18 33 39.2 [00 40 38 1.1 0.6 0.8 78 N 3 6 200 18
 
282 . . . . . . L495 18 36 32.6 [06 41 06 4.9 2.4 3.4 86 N 1 6 200 18
 
283 . . . . . . L648-1 18 37 09.7 12 38 37 . . . . . . 6.4 . . . N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
284 . . . . . . L648-2 18 37 20.5 12 47 05 . . . . . . 6.4 . . . N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
285 . . . . . . L530D-3 18 46 48.0 [05 03 12 6.6 4.0 5.1 11 N 1 6 350 19
 
286 . . . . . . L530D-1 18 47 20.5 [04 51 55 16.1 6.9 10.5 5 N 1 6 350 19
 
287 . . . . . . L530D-2 18 47 22.1 [04 43 25 16.1 6.9 10.5 5 N 1 6 350 19
 
288 . . . . . . L549 18 59 29.8 [05 23 08 3.6 2.2 2.8 79 N 1 5 200 18
 
289 . . . . . . L567 19 01 30.2 [04 30 09 10.1 1.9 4.4 51 N 1 6 200 18
 
290 . . . . . . B133 (CB 180) 19 03 37.9 [06 59 05 10.7 4.4 6.9 [43 Y 1 6 200 18
 
291 . . . . . . L581 19 04 55.5 [03 59 32 19.6 13.9 16.5 34 N 1 6 200 18
 
292 . . . . . . L709 19 11 37.3 16 22 01 1.9 1.9 1.9 0 N 4 6 300 18
 
293 . . . . . . DC 13[205 19 13 12.4 [36 42 20 4.6 2.2 3.2 [76 N 3 A 130 20
 
294 . . . . . . L763 19 16 45.9 23 21 45 7.6 1.1 2.9 11 N 4 6 250 21
 
295 . . . . . . L730-1 19 17 40.5 19 51 09 6.8 1.7 3.4 25 N 2 5 160 22
 
296 . . . . . . L655 19 17 47.2 08 23 33 3.2 1.2 2.0 [26 N 4 5 200 18
 
297 . . . . . . L673-1 19 17 54.7 11 30 36 2.1 1.7 1.9 [32 Y 3 6 300 23
 
298 . . . . . . L730-2 19 18 12.4 19 56 53 2.8 1.1 1.8 66 N 2 5 160 22
 
299 . . . . . . L673-12 19 18 39.2 10 48 15 . . . . . . 7.6 . . . Y 3 6 300 23
 
300 . . . . . . L771 19 18 46.3 23 25 13 2.8 1.4 2.0 51 Y 4 6 400 18
 
301 . . . . . . L673-4 19 18 47.1 11 20 11 3.8 0.8 1.7 55 N 3 6 300 23
 
302 . . . . . . L673-5 19 18 53.6 11 27 16 2.7 1.1 1.7 [35 N 3 6 300 23
 
303 . . . . . . L673-13 19 19 00.9 10 46 45 . . . . . . 7.6 . . . Y 3 6 300 23
 
304 . . . . . . L673-14 19 19 01.9 10 51 27 . . . . . . 7.6 . . . Y 3 6 300 23
 
305 . . . . . . L673-6 19 19 06.2 11 30 39 1.6 0.8 1.1 47 N 3 6 300 23
 
306 . . . . . . L673-7 19 19 14.3 11 15 30 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . N 4 6 300 23
 
307 . . . . . . L673-8 19 19 15.4 11 12 20 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . N 4 6 300 23
 
308 . . . . . . L684 19 19 16.1 12 23 25 10.4 5.2 7.4 20 N 2 5 300 18
 
309 . . . . . . L673-9 19 19 21.1 11 10 54 . . . . . . 7.0 . . . N 4 6 300 23
 
310 . . . . . . L673-10 19 19 32.5 11 14 21 2.2 0.9 1.4 60 N 4 6 300 23
 
311 . . . . . . L677-1 19 19 50.0 11 27 19 1.6 0.8 1.1 83 N 3 6 300 23
 
312 . . . . . . L677-2 19 19 52.8 11 30 46 3.1 0.6 1.4 [37 N 3 6 300 23
 
313 . . . . . . L677-3 19 20 07.5 11 15 30 3.6 1.3 2.2 74 N 3 6 300 23
 
314 . . . . . . L677-4 19 20 22.8 11 16 57 1.7 0.8 1.2 83 N 3 6 300 23
 
315 . . . . . . L774-1 19 20 44.9 23 19 21 2.5 1.9 2.2 25 N 4 5 200 7
 
316 . . . . . . L774-2 19 21 34.2 23 17 18 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 N 4 5 200 7
 
317 . . . . . . L769-1 19 21 44.8 23 01 48 . . . . . . 9.4 . . . Y 4 6 200 7
 
318 . . . . . . L769-2 19 21 50.4 22 53 23 . . . . . . 6.8 . . . Y 4 6 200 7
 
319 . . . . . . L769-3 19 22 21.0 23 02 00 . . . . . . 5.4 . . . Y 4 6 200 7
 
320 . . . . . . L769-4 19 22 47.0 22 56 36 . . . . . . 6.2 . . . N 4 6 200 7
 
321 . . . . . . L698 19 23 37.5 12 59 48 11.0 1.1 3.5 [2 N 3 6 300 18
 
322 . . . . . . L778-1 19 24 19.8 23 53 04 19.6 0.9 4.2 [48 Y 4 6 200 7
 
323 . . . . . . L778-2 19 25 22.0 23 39 45 19.6 0.9 4.2 [48 N 4 6 200 7
 
324 . . . . . . L778-3 19 25 54.8 23 37 14 19.6 0.9 4.2 [48 N 4 6 200 7
 
325 . . . . . . L778-4 19 26 02.6 23 51 12 1.3 1.3 1.3 0 N 4 6 200 7
 
326 . . . . . . B335 19 34 35.6 07 27 34 3.2 2.1 2.6 14 Y 4 . . . 250 24
 
327 . . . . . . L694-1 19 38 06.5 10 43 33 8.2 2.5 4.5 82 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
328 . . . . . . L694-2 19 38 42.4 10 49 59 . . . . . . 6.4 . . . N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
329 . . . . . . L694-3 19 38 54.0 10 43 42 2.4 1.7 2.0 [12 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
242
 
TABLE 2ÈContinued
 
a b R PA Distance
 
Number Source R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (arcmin) (arcmin) (arcmin) (deg) EYSO DC Class (pc) References
 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
330 . . . . . . L758 19 44 12.8 18 54 47 1.6 0.9 1.2 51 N 4 5 400 18
 
331 . . . . . . L880 20 11 49.4 40 03 59 7.4 5.7 6.5 [35 N 4 5 700 18
 
332 . . . . . . L1152 20 35 26.0 67 43 23 1.6 0.6 1.0 57 Y 1 5 325 25
 
333 . . . . . . L1041-1 20 36 05.5 57 33 36 1.7 0.9 1.2 32 Y 1 5 440 23
 
334 . . . . . . L1041-2 20 36 05.9 57 38 48 1.8 0.8 1.2 30 N 1 5 440 23
 
335 . . . . . . L922-1 20 36 46.5 44 21 24 . . . . . . 2.6 . . . N 4 6 700 18
 
336 . . . . . . L922-2 20 37 04.6 44 25 20 . . . . . . 1.8 . . . N 4 6 700 18
 
337 . . . . . . L917 20 38 16.6 43 58 37 3.2 0.9 1.7 44 N 3 6 . . . . . .
 
338 . . . . . . L918 20 39 02.5 43 54 57 4.9 1.7 2.9 64 N 3 6 . . . . . .
 
339 . . . . . . L1049-1 20 39 50.8 57 16 45 3.0 1.4 2.0 50 N 2 6 440 23
 
340 . . . . . . L1147 20 39 58.4 67 09 36 6.5 1.3 2.9 44 N 2 3 325 25
 
341 . . . . . . L1049-2 20 40 16.8 57 22 57 1.9 0.8 1.2 9 N 3 4 440 23
 
342 . . . . . . L896-2 20 40 26.3 39 36 01 . . . . . . 3.0 . . . N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
343 . . . . . . L896-1 20 40 28.8 39 42 22 7.4 4.0 5.4 62 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
344 . . . . . . L1148 20 40 38.7 67 09 48 7.1 1.6 3.4 46 N 2 6 325 25
 
345 . . . . . . L1155C 20 43 00.0 67 41 47 4.6 3.2 3.8 55 N 2 6 325 25
 
346 . . . . . . L1155D 20 43 17.9 67 26 12 4.9 1.4 2.6 43 N 1 6 325 25
 
347 . . . . . . L915 20 43 23.0 42 58 52 6.1 3.0 4.3 33 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
348 . . . . . . L1155E 20 43 46.3 67 31 02 2.8 1.4 2.0 32 N 1 6 325 25
 
349 . . . . . . L1082C-3 20 47 59.4 60 00 36 4.4 0.6 1.6 47 N 3 5 440 26
 
350 . . . . . . L1082C-2 20 48 38.9 60 04 25 2.2 0.6 1.1 49 N 3 5 440 26
 
351 . . . . . . L1082C-1 20 50 20.0 60 07 13 2.5 1.7 2.1 43 Y 2 5 440 26
 
352 . . . . . . L1082B 20 52 40.7 59 59 59 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . Y 3 5 440 26
 
353 . . . . . . L981-1 20 58 36.3 50 08 19 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . N 3 6 700 27
 
354 . . . . . . L981-2 20 58 38.0 50 05 09 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . N 3 6 700 27
 
355 . . . . . . L971-1 20 59 08.1 49 17 21 2.4 1.1 1.6 24 N 2 5 700 27
 
356 . . . . . . L971-2 20 59 15.8 49 07 34 3.0 1.4 2.0 [3 N 2 5 700 27
 
357 . . . . . . L981-3 20 59 22.3 50 09 41 . . . . . . 8.2 . . . Y 3 6 700 27
 
358 . . . . . . L1174 20 59 22.7 68 01 12 4.7 2.2 3.2 63 Y 2 4 288 25
 
359 . . . . . . L1172A-2 21 01 10.8 67 34 34 5.1 3.5 4.2 12 N 1 6 288 25
 
360 . . . . . . L1172A-1 21 01 39.6 67 41 59 1.9 1.1 1.4 [34 Y 1 6 288 25
 
361 . . . . . . L1172A-3 21 03 22.6 67 29 06 2.5 1.3 1.8 1 N 1 6 288 25
 
362 . . . . . . L1063 21 06 44.6 56 06 09 4.4 1.7 2.7 50 N 3 5 800 18
 
363 . . . . . . B361-1 21 10 41.7 47 12 05 11.1 11.1 11.1 0 Y 3 . . . 350 28
 
364 . . . . . . B361-2 21 10 53.2 47 07 23 11.1 11.1 11.1 0 Y 3 . . . 350 28
 
365 . . . . . . L1125-1 21 13 07.8 61 32 26 3.2 1.5 2.2 72 N 2 5 300 1
 
366 . . . . . . L1125-2 21 14 07.0 61 27 10 . . . . . . 4.8 . . . Y 2 5 300 1
 
367 . . . . . . L944-1 21 14 42.6 42 59 47 3.0 0.8 1.5 [49 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
368 . . . . . . L944-2 21 15 54.0 43 05 41 . . . . . . 2.8 . . . N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
369 . . . . . . L944-3 21 16 59.7 43 12 57 0.9 0.6 0.7 27 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
370 . . . . . . L952-1 21 18 08.5 43 18 07 2.0 0.7 1.2 44 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
371 . . . . . . L952-2 21 18 25.0 43 19 59 3.2 0.8 1.6 64 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
372 . . . . . . L953 21 19 31.8 43 08 46 0.9 0.5 0.7 [19 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
373 . . . . . . L1021 21 20 34.8 50 50 17 0.7 0.6 0.6 0 N 4 6 200 29
 
374 . . . . . . L1014-1 21 22 20.6 49 56 52 7.0 3.2 4.7 67 N 4 6 200 29
 
375 . . . . . . L1014-2 21 22 22.2 49 46 10 2.4 1.1 1.6 [58 N 3 6 200 29
 
376 . . . . . . L1099-1 21 34 27.9 57 13 18 1.7 0.8 1.2 81 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
377 . . . . . . L973 21 35 16.3 43 06 57 2.2 0.9 1.4 [8 Y 3 5 . . . . . .
 
378 . . . . . . L1111 21 38 53.6 57 34 24 3.7 2.4 3.0 [42 N 4 6 150 29
 
379 . . . . . . L1121 21 39 10.0 58 02 33 2.4 1.7 2.0 25 Y 4 5 . . . . . .
 
380 . . . . . . L1103-1 21 39 49.8 56 23 32 4.4 2.4 3.2 54 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
381 . . . . . . L1103-2 21 40 41.0 56 30 07 2.1 1.0 1.4 21 N 4 6 150 29
 
382 . . . . . . L1113-2 21 42 45.4 56 57 33 2.4 1.6 2.0 64 N 4 5 150 29
 
383 . . . . . . L1113-1 21 42 56.7 56 56 25 0.9 0.9 0.9 0 N 4 5 150 29
 
384 . . . . . . L1031C 21 44 35.9 47 03 42 7.3 2.8 4.5 [87 Y 3 5 900 30
 
385 . . . . . . L1139-1 21 53 14.7 58 20 59 2.1 0.9 1.4 [48 N 2 5 . . . . . .
 
386 . . . . . . L1139-2 21 53 47.3 58 20 14 4.6 1.1 2.2 55 Y 2 5 . . . . . .
 
387 . . . . . . L1143 21 57 03.0 58 42 25 7.3 2.1 3.9 46 Y 4 6 . . . . . .
 
388 . . . . . . L1166 22 03 46.7 59 19 07 1.9 0.9 1.3 59 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
389 . . . . . . L1164 22 05 07.7 58 51 15 . . . . . . 7.4 . . . Y 4 6 . . . . . .
 
390 . . . . . . L1235 22 14 44.4 73 08 05 6.3 3.5 4.7 67 N 2 6 200 3
 
391 . . . . . . L1195 22 25 18.1 61 01 06 4.6 1.9 3.0 13 N 2 5 . . . . . .
 
392 . . . . . . L1221 22 26 38.4 68 45 48 6.2 2.4 3.9 43 Y 2 5 200 23
 
393 . . . . . . L1251A-2 22 26 46.5 74 58 10 3.3 2.2 2.7 54 N 3 5 300 31
 
394 . . . . . . L1185 22 27 27.6 58 53 30 4.1 1.6 2.6 75 N 3 6 . . . . . .
 
395 . . . . . . L1251A-1 22 30 00.8 74 57 04 8.2 5.1 6.5 [67 Y 2 5 300 31
 
243
 
200 400 600 800 1000
 
5000
 
5500
 
6000
 
6500
 
7000
 
0 1 2 3 4 5
 
0
 
0.2
 
0.4 Lynds 5
 
0
 
0.2
 
0.4 Lynds 6
 
0
 
0.2
 
0.4 Hartley A
 
244 LEE & MYERS
 
TABLE 2ÈContinued
 
a b R PA Distance
 
Number Source R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (arcmin) (arcmin) (arcmin) (deg) EYSO DC Class (pc) References
 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
 
396 . . . . . . L1197 22 35 08.0 58 41 46 4.3 1.2 2.3 [56 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
397 . . . . . . L1251 22 36 26.0 74 54 46 7.1 1.9 3.7 52 N 1 5 300 31
 
398 . . . . . . L1229 23 12 16.8 61 46 47 3.8 1.4 2.3 24 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
399 . . . . . . L1234 23 15 47.5 62 10 15 1.9 0.8 1.2 [73 N 4 6 . . . . . .
 
400 . . . . . . CB 243 (L1246) 23 23 07.2 63 19 48 3.3 1.1 1.9 [73 Y 4 6 . . . . . .
 
401 . . . . . . L1262A (CB 244) 23 23 47.7 74 01 29 4.7 2.1 3.1 [73 Y 2 6 200 3
 
402 . . . . . . CB 246 (L1253) 23 54 10.8 58 17 29 3.2 2.1 2.6 [48 N 3 6 140 3
 
403 . . . . . . L1263 23 54 54.2 64 32 27 2.5 1.3 1.8 [10 N 1 5 . . . . . .
 
404 . . . . . . L1271-1 23 57 32.6 67 05 07 11.4 1.1 3.5 55 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
405 . . . . . . L1271-2 23 58 20.7 66 52 29 2.1 1.1 1.5 31 Y 4 5 . . . . . .
 
406 . . . . . . L1271-3 23 59 15.3 67 01 48 2.8 2.2 2.5 [51 N 4 5 . . . . . .
 
NOTES.ÈThese 406 sources are positions showing local intensity minima in the STScI Digitized Sky Survey (DSS). Cols. (1)È(4) : Sequential numbers,
 
source names, and their coordinates. Cols. (5) and (6) : a and b are sizes of major and minor axis of FWHM of selected cores, respectively. Col. (7) : Geometric
 
mean (ab)0.5 for the cores whose a and b are measured, or the equivalent diameter 2](A/n)0.5 for the cores in which a and b are not measured owing to its
 
irregularity. Col. (8) : Position angle of the core. Col. (9) : N, starless cores ; Y, cores with embedded YSOs; PM, cores with preÈmain-sequence (PMS) stars ;
 
and PM*, PMSs that are determined by optical spectroscopy (Herbig & Bell 1988). Col. (10) : Darkness contrast of the opaque core to the background, where
 
1 corresponds to the least dark and 4 to the most dark. Col. (11) : Lynds opacity class and Hartley A class. Col. (12) : Distances to the cores. Col. (13) :
 
References for core distances.
 
REFERENCES.È(1) Lindblad et al. 1973, Lindblad ring ; (2) Herbig & Jones 1983, Per OB2; (3) Snell 1981; (4) Elias 1978b, Taurus; (5) Maddalena et al. 1986,
 
Orion A, B; (6) Murdin & Penston 1977; (7) Goodman et al. 1993; (8) Bok & McCarthy 1974; (9) Carballo & Sahu 1994; (10) Harjunpaa, Lijiestrom, &
 
Mattila 1991, Vela; (11) Schwartz 1991, Cha I ; (12) Rogers 1960, Coal Sack; (13) Hetem et al. 1988, Musca; (14) Gauvin & Strom 1992, Cha II, III ; (15)
 
Neckel & Klare 1980, G317-4; (16) Murphy 1985, Lupus; (17) Chini 1981, Ophiuchus; (18) Dame & Thaddeus 1985, Aquila Rift (200 pc), Cloud B (300 pc),
 
Cloud C (500 pc), Vul Rift (400 pc), Cyg Rift (700 pc), Cyg OB7 (800 pc) ; (19) Beichman et al. 1986; (20) Marraco & Rydgren 1981; (21) Cohen & Kuhi 1979;
 
(22) Frerking & Langer 1982; (23) Felli, Palagi, & Tofani 1992; (24) Tomita, Saito, & Ohtani 1979; (25) Straizys et al. 1992; (26) Viotti 1969; (27) Clark 1986;
 
(28) Schmidt 1975; (29) Leung, Kutner, &Mead 1982; (30) Elias 1978a; (31) Kun & Prusti 1993; (32) Graham & Frogel 1985, Norma.
 
4@ with a mean (^s.e.m.) of 3.@7(^0.1). This distribution is
 
similar to that found by previous study of CB. The size
 
distribution of starless cores, which comprise a majority,
 
resembles the size distribution of all cores, while the size of
 
cores with EYSOs is uniformly distributed between 1@ and
 
8@. The interesting thing is that the mean size (5.@1^0.@4) of
 
the cores with EYSOs is larger than that (3.@3^0.@1) of starless
 
cores.
 
We also Ðnd a corresponding di†erence in the distribution
 
of the linear sizes, as illustrated in Figure 5. Distances
 
(Table 2, col. [12]) of cores for determination of the linear
 
sizes have been obtained from numerous papers (see refer-
 
FIG. 2.ÈExample of a cut-proÐle of L1622 cloud. This cut-proÐle was
 
obtained by crossing two intensity minima of L1622A and L1622B. The
 
angular size for 1 pixel in the abscissa is about 0A.6. The data value (DN) is
 
on a scale of photographic density (c) in the expression of c\DN/6553.4
 
(Postman 1996). The data values (IB and IC) of DSS for the background
 
and the core are approximately adopted from this proÐle.
 
ences listed in Table 2) referred to by Dame et al. (1987),
 
BM, Vilas-Boas et al. (1994), Hilton & Lahulla (1995), and
 
Chen et al. (1997). We adopted the distances given by those
 
papers if our sources are in a vicinity (within 1¡) of the
 
FIG. 3.ÈRelation of the darkness contrast (DC) to Lynds class 5 and 6
 
and HMSTG class A. Lynds 6 and HMSTG A clouds more likely have a
 
DC of 3 or 4 than Lynds 5 clouds.
 
TABLE 3
 
IRAS POINT SOURCES AND PMS STARS ASSOCIATED WITH OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES
 
F12km F25km F60km F100km Core Name IRAS or PMSa Name R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy)
 
L1358-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02514]6902 02 51 24.0 69 02 36 0.76 0.25L 0.40L 6.61
 
CB 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04005]5647 04 00 30.8 56 47 59 0.44L 0.25L 0.90 5.81
 
L1495-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04154]2823 04 15 25.7 28 23 56 0.45 1.02 1.96 7.80L
 
L1506A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04207]2449 04 20 39.0 24 49 24 0.46 0.65 0.86 1.92
 
B217-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04249]2612 04 24 53.2 26 12 39 0.36L 1.33 4.61 9.29
 
L1524-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04264]2426 04 26 21.7 24 26 26 14.86 38.73 59.70 47.42
 
L1524-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04265]2433 04 26 28.0 24 33 23 0.44 2.91 5.40 9.12L
 
L1524-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04264]2426 04 26 21.7 24 26 26 14.86 38.73 59.70 47.42
 
TMC 2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04288]2417 04 28 48.7 24 17 54 0.33 1.03 2.56 5.70
 
TMC 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04292]2422 04 29 13.2 24 22 39 1.06 3.98 7.18 9.82
 
TMC 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04292]2422 04 29 13.2 24 22 39 1.06 3.98 7.18 9.82
 
B18-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04325]2402 04 32 31.6 24 02 08 0.25L 2.11 12.82 22.28
 
L1527A-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04354]2604 04 35 23.9 26 04 51 1.91 3.87 5.92 6.49
 
L1534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04363]2539 04 36 16.2 25 39 07 0.55 0.72 0.40L 2.01L
 
L1534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04365]2535 04 36 31.0 25 35 52 1.19 8.63 35.97 39.08
 
L1534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04369]2539 04 36 54.6 25 39 17 5.01 6.79 7.24 18.20
 
TMC 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04381]2540 04 38 07.6 25 40 48 0.44 2.68 10.28 13.93
 
TMC 1C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04386]2550 04 38 34.2 25 50 43 0.54 1.54 2.88 8.02L
 
B25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05418]0907 05 41 45.3 09 07 40 0.28 2.91 25.59 74.47
 
L1622B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05523]0146 05 52 17.2 01 46 41 0.34L 0.31 1.45 31.33
 
L1645 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06053[0533 06 05 16.3 [05 33 49 0.25L 0.60 13.06 22.28
 
L1578-1, L1578-2 . . . . . . . Bretz 34 06 05 42.5 18 08 21 . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
V14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08077[35561 08 07 40.2 [35 56 07 0.63 3.73 18.20 47.42
 
DC 2573[25-1 . . . . . . . . . 08153[3945 08 15 16.6 [39 45 44 0.41 1.24 1.47 17.70L
 
DC 2660[75-2 . . . . . . . . . 08196[4931 08 19 37.1 [49 31 13 0.25L 7.05 53.46 74.47L
 
DC 2674[75 . . . . . . . . . . . . 08243[5050 08 24 16.5 [50 50 44 0.82 6.31 26.06 58.08
 
DC 2672[72 . . . . . . . . . . . . 08251[5030 08 25 03.4 [50 30 34 0.25L 0.25L 1.19 17.06
 
DC 2977[28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11591[64521 11 59 03.1 [64 52 11 0.25L 6.55 77.27 192.31
 
Ch 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12496[7650 12 49 38.0 [76 50 45 39.45 85.51 104.71 87.10
 
Ch 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12501[7658 12 50 03.0 [76 58 49 0.25L 1.02 2.70 5.35L
 
Ch 19-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12571[7654 12 57 07.6 [76 54 31 0.31L 0.52 0.86 5.81
 
DC 3038[142 . . . . . . . . . . 13037[76442 13 03 41.4 [76 44 03 0.25L 1.05 6.37 22.49
 
DC 3148[51 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14451[6502 14 45 07.6 [65 02 55 1.26 1.46 4.66 22.70
 
DC 3379]164 . . . . . . . . . . 15363[3436 15 36 15.2 [34 36 32 0.56 0.82 0.40L 13.30L
 
DC 3388]165-4 . . . . . . . . 15390[3400 15 39 01.6 [34 00 32 0.25L 0.29L 0.76 6.73
 
DC 3388]165-4,5 . . . . . . 15399[33592 15 39 51.2 [33 59 36 0.25L 1.28 15.28 41.30
 
DC 3392]161-1 . . . . . . . . 15420[3408 15 42 01.3 [34 08 09 2.58 3.98 7.94 24.43
 
DC 3390]150 . . . . . . . . . . 15449[3506 15 44 51.6 [35 06 36 0.91 1.98 1.96 12.47L
 
DC 3386]119-2 . . . . . . . . 15534[3740 15 53 24.5 [37 40 34 2.44 4.53 4.97 10.47L
 
DC 3397]92-1 . . . . . . . . . 16054[3857 16 05 25.6 [38 57 50 0.60L 0.72 6.08 63.68
 
DC 3397]92-1 . . . . . . . . . 16059[3850 16 05 56.2 [38 50 28 0.26L 0.27L 1.18 8.24
 
DC 3397]92-1 . . . . . . . . . 16065[3903 16 06 27.6 [39 03 30 0.38 0.54 0.61 24.66L
 
DC 3397]92-1,2,3 . . . . . . 16073[3900 16 07 17.0 [39 00 24 0.25L 0.28L 0.84 11.69
 
DC 3397]92-2 . . . . . . . . . 16059[3850 16 05 56.2 [38 50 28 0.26L 0.27L 1.18 8.24
 
DC 3397]92-2,3 . . . . . . . . 16065[3903 16 06 27.6 [39 03 30 0.38 0.54 0.61 24.66L
 
DC 3402]90-1,2,3 . . . . . . 16082[38523 16 08 12.7 [38 52 25 4.92 3.44 0.90 5.01L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16226[2417 16 22 36.0 [24 17 56 4.02 10.28 2.56L 26.55L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16226[2408 16 22 38.7 [24 08 52 2.21 3.05 25.12L 794.33L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16228[2418 16 22 47.9 [24 18 48 1.91 3.05 2.94L 29.92L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16232[2427 16 23 09.6 [24 27 35 3.47L 52.48 469.89L 1018.59
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16234[2409 16 23 22.7 [24 09 30 3.44 3.80 2.81L 24.21L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16234[2436 16 23 25.0 [24 36 58 0.91 1.49 8.24 28.31L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16235[2416 16 23 31.5 [24 16 56 34.99 265.46 2187.76 4655.86
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16237[2428 16 23 44.2 [24 28 07 2.88 7.80 148.59L 299.23
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16239[2428 16 23 53.5 [24 28 12 4.45 19.05 197.70L 787.05L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16239[2438 16 23 56.6 [24 38 52 3.56 6.92 8.47 39.81L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16241[2430 16 24 03.6 [24 30 43 39.45 73.79 197.70 586.14
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16243[2422 16 24 15.7 [24 22 06 2.09L 6.55 64.27L 218.78
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16244[24321 16 24 26.2 [24 32 53 9.91 67.30 111.69L 349.95
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16246[2423 16 24 34.7 [24 23 51 7.80 46.56 65.46L 224.91L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16246[2415 16 24 38.1 [24 15 22 0.93 1.51 6.43L 165.96L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16246[2436 16 24 38.6 [24 36 36 1.63 2.94 4.57 31.05L
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16248[2424 16 24 47.7 [24 24 59 5.70 17.22 65.46L 35.65
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16253[2429 16 25 20.4 [24 29 55 0.25L 0.42L 2.91 16.29
 
L1681A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16257[2421 16 25 43.4 [24 21 50 0.67 0.73 2.07 52.48L
 
TABLE 3ÈContinued
 
F12km F25km F60km F100km Core Name IRAS or PMSa Name R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy)
 
L1696B-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16242[2412 16 24 10.2 [24 12 34 2.27 19.77 33.73 165.96L
 
L1696B-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16246[2415 16 24 38.1 [24 15 22 0.93 1.51 6.43L 165.96L
 
L1696B-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16257[2421 16 25 43.4 [24 21 50 0.67 0.73 2.07 52.48L
 
L1709B-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16286[2355 16 28 34.7 [23 55 13 1.19 3.73 9.46 60.81L
 
L1709B-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16294[2358 16 29 21.3 [23 58 57 0.25L 0.71L 1.18 15.56
 
L1689B2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16293[24221 16 29 20.9 [24 22 13 0.25L 1.82 255.86 1028.02
 
L1689B4, L1689B1 . . . . . . 16306[2425 16 30 33.2 [24 25 21 0.37L 0.39L 1.49 31.05
 
DC 3387]18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16307[4455 16 30 39.9 [44 55 13 1.69L 0.62 2.81 38.73L
 
L1689B5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16306[2425 16 30 33.2 [24 25 21 0.37L 0.39L 1.49 31.05
 
L1689B5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16314[2439 16 31 23.9 [24 39 17 0.25L 0.47L 1.11 15.00
 
L43D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16316[1540 16 31 37.7 [15 40 52 1.50 6.03 35.32 64.27
 
L1689B1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16314[2439 16 31 23.9 [24 39 17 0.25L 0.47L 1.11 15.00
 
L43E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16316[1540 16 31 37.7 [15 40 52 1.50 6.03 35.32 64.27
 
L260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16442[0930 16 44 14.2 [09 30 03 0.57 3.31 7.80 7.52
 
L255-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16451[0953 16 45 07.0 [09 53 20 0.25L 0.32L 0.60 12.82
 
L234E2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16452[1046 16 45 10.0 [10 45 53 0.25L 0.34L 0.99 7.11
 
L158-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16455[1405 16 45 32.0 [14 05 31 0.63 0.90 1.22 13.30L
 
L158-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16464[1407 16 46 25.2 [14 07 48 0.60L 0.36L 0.63 6.49
 
L162-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16459[1411 16 45 54.7 [14 11 20 1.41 1.91 2.33L 6.49
 
L162-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16464[1407 16 46 25.2 [14 07 48 0.60L 0.36L 0.63 6.49
 
CB 68-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16534[1557 16 53 24.6 [15 57 27 0.39 1.41 1.94 12.13L
 
CB 68-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16545[1604 16 54 27.2 [16 04 48 0.25L 1.49 19.41 33.73
 
L100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17131[2053 17 13 03.9 [20 53 39 0.38L 1.22L 4.13 14.59
 
L100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17134[20563 17 13 22.4 [20 56 13 8.95 5.60 0.95 16.75L
 
L1774 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17194[2705 17 19 22.9 [27 05 56 0.72L 6.19 6.73 10.86L
 
DC 3463-41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17229[42373 17 22 53.4 [42 37 19 1.47 0.79 1.53 17.06
 
L425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17442[0433 17 44 11.7 [04 33 31 0.41 2.31 8.17 9.64
 
L323(CB 125) . . . . . . . . . . . . 18122[1818 18 12 14.2 [18 18 30 3.91 12.13 58.08L 625.17L
 
L483-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18148[04401 18 14 50.6 [04 40 49 0.25L 6.92 88.72 165.96
 
L406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18231[1144 18 23 04.5 [11 44 50 7.38 10.67 21.68L 440.55L
 
L406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18233[1154 18 23 15.2 [11 54 22 15.14 88.72 937.56 2857.59
 
B133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19038[0659 19 03 48.0 [06 59 47 0.25L 0.50 0.98 9.82
 
L673-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19179]1129 19 17 54.0 11 29 56 0.27L 1.06 3.94 18.54
 
L673-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19184]1055 19 18 24.2 10 55 15 3.73 5.45 3.70L 9.73
 
L673-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19190]1048 19 19 00.4 10 48 12 1.13 3.40 7.80 61.38L
 
L771 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19187]2325 19 18 39.8 23 25 50 0.25L 0.25L 1.04 6.61
 
L673-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19190]1048 19 19 00.4 10 48 12 1.13 3.40 7.80 61.38L
 
L673-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19190]1048 19 19 00.4 10 48 12 1.13 3.40 7.80 61.38L
 
L774-1, L769-1 . . . . . . . . . . 19216]2302 19 21 35.9 23 02 54 0.51L 0.26 1.13 7.38L
 
L774-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19219]2300 19 21 54.1 23 00 46 0.25L 0.25L 2.78 12.47
 
L774-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19221]2300 19 22 08.3 23 00 05 0.54 1.22 1.57 5.81L
 
L769-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19221]2300 19 22 08.3 23 00 05 0.54 1.22 1.57 5.81L
 
L769-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19221]2300 19 22 08.3 23 00 05 0.54 1.22 1.57 5.81L
 
L778-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19244]2352 19 24 23.8 23 52 10 0.33L 0.25L 3.05 8.63
 
L778-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19244]2350 19 24 23.9 23 50 56 0.33 0.57 0.40L 9.12
 
B335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19346]07271 19 34 35.3 07 27 24 0.25L 0.25L 8.32 42.07
 
L1152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20353]6742 20 35 20.1 67 42 30 0.25L 0.34 4.09 7.11
 
L1041-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20361]5733 20 36 08.7 57 33 40 0.25L 1.16 11.38 26.55
 
L1082C-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20503]6006 20 50 19.6 60 06 41 0.25L 0.30 1.54 13.80L
 
L1082B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20521]6003 20 52 04.7 60 03 14 0.49 1.36 2.47 6.25
 
L1082B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20527]5958 20 52 41.0 59 58 21 0.39L 0.25L 1.36 5.65
 
L981-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20595]5009 20 59 32.3 50 09 53 1.15 2.81 6.55 39.81L
 
L1174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20597]6800 20 59 42.1 68 00 13 0.25L 0.82 4.49 54.95L
 
L1172A-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21017]6742 21 01 44.2 67 42 24 0.28L 0.26 1.33 5.81
 
B361-1,2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21107]4712 21 10 41.0 47 12 01 0.25L 0.78 15.70 39.08
 
L1125-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21137]6126 21 13 44.5 61 26 52 0.26 0.53 3.66 23.77
 
L1014-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21221]4955 21 22 08.7 49 55 09 0.42L 0.19 0.69L 8.71
 
L973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21352]4307 21 35 14.4 43 07 05 1.02 3.56 6.85 13.93
 
L1121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21392]5802 21 39 10.3 58 02 29 0.56 8.87 144.54 424.62
 
L1031C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21446]4704 21 44 35.6 47 04 21 0.25L 0.34L 0.86 13.43
 
L1139-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21539]5821 21 53 55.2 58 21 25 0.25L 0.25L 5.70 28.84
 
L1143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21570]5842 21 56 58.8 58 42 46 0.51 1.64 4.45 4.74
 
L1164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22052]5848 22 05 09.8 58 48 06 0.25L 5.20 51.52 93.76
 
L1221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22266]6845 22 26 37.2 68 45 52 0.98 3.53 12.36 25.82
 
L1251A-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22291]7458 22 29 03.3 74 58 51 0.28L 0.38 0.73 9.12L
 
CB 243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23229]6320 23 22 52.9 63 20 04 0.26 0.74 2.07 7.94
 
0 10 20
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
80
 
N=348
 
All Cores
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
80
 
N=275
 
Starless Cores
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
80
 
N=72
 
Cores with EYSOs
 
0 0.5 1 1.5
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
N=292
 
All Cores
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
N=229
 
Starless Cores
 
0
 
20
 
40
 
60
 
N=63
 
Cores with EYSOs
 
OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES 247
 
TABLE 3ÈContinued
 
F12km F25km F60km F100km Core Name IRAS or PMSa Name R.A. (1950) Decl. (1950) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy) (Jy)
 
L1262A . . . . . . 23238]7401 23 23 48.8 74 01 08 0.25L 0.77 9.64 15.14
 
L1271-2 . . . . . . 23585]6653 23 58 30.1 66 53 53 1.54 2.25 40.55L 55.46L
 
NOTE.ÈUnits of right ascension are hours, minutes, and seconds, and units of declination are degrees, arcminutes,
 
and arcseconds.
 
a Names with 1 and 2 added were previously known as class 0 YSOs by Bachiller 1996 and Mardones et al. 1997,
 
respectively. Names with 3 and 4 added were identiÐed as PMS by the criteria of Weintraub 1990 and the PMS catalog
 
of Herbig & Bell 1988, respectively
 
clouds whose distances are known and/or LSR velocities
 
[known from a recent CS (2È1) and N (1È0) survey; 2H`
 
Lee, Myers, & Tafalla 1999] of our sources are within ^2
 
km s~1 of those of the known clouds. Linear sizes of more
 
than 80% of all the cores are between 0.05 and 0.35 pc and
 
the mean size (^s.e.m.) of the cores is about 0.24 (^0.01) pc.
 
Most (about 70%) of the cores with EYSOs have sizes of
 
0.15È0.4 pc with a mean of 0.33 (^0.03) pc, while most
 
(more than 85%) of starless cores have sizes of 0.05È0.35 pc
 
with a mean of 0.21 (^0.01) pc. The sizes of cores with
 
EYSOs clearly tend to be larger than those of starless cores.
 
Interestingly, this tendency is similar to that of the distribution
 
of the sizes of NH cores by BM. We investigated wh3ether this apparent di†erence in core
 
sizes originates from any distance e†ect. Figure 6 shows the
 
distribution of distances of starless cores and of cores with
 
EYSOs, indicating no signiÐcant di†erence in the distances
 
between these two groups. Moreover the mean distances
 
are nearly same within the range of error, about 227^8 pc
 
for starless cores and about 244^19 pc for cores with
 
EYSOs. Thus it seems real that the cores with EYSOs are
 
usually larger than starless cores by a typical factor of 1.6.
 
FIG. 4.ÈDistribution of the apparent angular size of cores. The positions
 
of mean angular sizes (mean^s.e.m.) of 3.@7^0@.1, 3.@3^0.@1, and
 
5.@1^0.@4 for all cores, starless cores, and cores with EYSOs, respectively,
 
are marked with vertical bars in each panel.
 
This may mean that larger cores have a greater likelihood
 
to form stars since they have more initial mass, or alternatively
 
cores with EYSOs may be larger because they have
 
been growing for a longer time.
 
The aspect ratio (a/b) of cores ranges mostly between 1.5
 
and 2.5 for both starless cores and cores with EYSOs (Fig.
 
7). The mean (^s.e.m.) aspect ratios are 2.4^0.1, 2.2^0.2,
 
and 2.4^0.1 for starless cores, cores with YSOs, and all
 
cores, respectively. The most elongated cores are L1271-1
 
(10.4) and L698 (10.0). Our measured aspect ratios are
 
slightly larger than the value of CB (2.0) for their cores, the
 
value of Wood et al. (1994) (1.98) for the IRAS cores, and
 
the value of BM (1.9^0.12) for their 41 NH cores. Our measurement for the aspect ratio of cores co3nÐrms that
 
most cores are more likely elongated than spherical.
 
2.2.3. Spatial Distribution of Selected Cores
 
Figure 8 shows the spatial distribution of cores in galactic
 
coordinates. This indicates that the cores have been uniformly
 
selected from all regions. There seems to be no indication
 
that the distribution of cores with EYSOs is di†erent
 
from that of starless cores. In this Ðgure we marked Ðve
 
distinctive star-forming regions in boxes that contain cores
 
FIG. 5.ÈDistribution of the linear size of cores. The positions of mean
 
linear sizes (mean^s.e.m.) of 0.24^0.01 pc, 0.22^0.01 pc, and
 
0.33^0.02 pc for all cores, starless cores, and cores with EYSOs, respectively,
 
are marked with vertical bars in each panel.
 
0 200 400 600 800 1000
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
200
 
N=292
 
All Cores
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
200
 
N=229
 
Starless Cores
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
200
 
N=63
 
Cores with EYSOs
 
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
N=308
 
Total
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
N=249
 
Starless Cores
 
0
 
50
 
100
 
150
 
N=58
 
Cores with EYSOs
 
248 LEE & MYERS Vol. 123
 
FIG. 6.ÈDistance distribution of cores. The distributions of distances
 
of starless cores and cores with EYSO are not di†erent. The positions of
 
mean distance (mean^s.e.m.) of 231^8 pc, 227^8 pc, and 244^19 pc
 
for all cores, starless cores, and cores with EYSOs, respectively, are indicated
 
with vertical bars in each panel.
 
with similar distances. They are Taurus (Ungerechts &
 
Thaddeus 1987), Ophiuchus (de Geus, Bronfman, & Thaddeus
 
1990), Lupus (Murphy, Cohen, & May 1986), Chamaeleon
 
II, III (Chen et al. 1997), and Vela (Vilas-Boas et al.
 
1994). The boundaries of each areas were adopted from the
 
references listed above in parentheses.
 
2.2.4. Implications of the Ratio of the Number of Cores with EY SOs
 
to the Number of Starless Cores
 
Our sample gives a ratio [N(cores with EYSOs)]/
 
[N(starless cores)] of about 0.31 (B94/306). This ratio is
 
important in constraining models of core formation, of
 
FIG. 7.ÈDistribution of the aspect ratio for all cores, starless cores, and
 
cores with EYSOs. The positions of the mean aspect ratio (mean^s.e.m.)
 
of 2.4^0.1, 2.4^0.1, and 2.2^0.2 for all cores, starless cores, and cores
 
with EYSOs, respectively, are indicated with vertical bars in each panel.
 
which ambipolar di†usion is the best known (Mestel &
 
Spitzer 1956). If every core undergoes ambipolar di†usion
 
(i.e., dense core formation), infall, and then protostellar
 
emission, the value of the ratio [N(cores with EYSOs)]/
 
[N(starless cores)] should be approximately [t(life of
 
protostar)]/[t(core formation)], assuming that the cores
 
have uncorrelated start times. The time t(life of protostar)
 
will correspond approximately to the duration of the class
 
0]class I stages, based on our IRAS selection criteria
 
described in ° 2.1. This time interval has been observationally
 
determined to be about (1È5)]105 yr from the
 
relative numbers of embedded objects and T Tauri stars
 
FIG. 8.ÈDistributions in Galactic coordinates of (a) cores with EYSOs and (b) starless cores listed in Table 2
 
No. 1, 1999 OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES 249
 
(Myers et al. 1987; Wilking, Lada, & Young 1989; Kenyon
 
et al. 1990). The time t(core formation) should be the time
 
that the core is detectable at its typical observed density,
 
according to its formation model. The cores in our catalog
 
(most of which have been selected from Lynds classes 5 and
 
6) are thought to have visual extinctions of 4.5È6 mag in
 
their centers (Cernicharo & Bachiller 1984). This means that
 
the mean number density in the center of our optically
 
selected cores is about (6È8)]103 cm~3, assuming a core
 
diameter of 0.24 pc from our statistics and the relationship
 
N(H cm~2 from Dickman (1978) where 2)B1]1021Av
 
N(H and are column density of and magnitude of 2) Av Hvisual extinction, respectively. Therefor2e the time that the
 
core has gas density (6È8)]103 cm~3 can be obtained from
 
ambipolar di†usion models. We Ðnd that di†erent models
 
give slightly di†erent time periods for gas to have such
 
density. The most detailed model ““B of Ciolek & Mous- UV ÏÏ
 
chovias (1995) gives about (5.5È6.7)]106 yr, the model by
 
Li (1998) about (3.5È4.1)]106 yr, and the model by Palla
 
& Galli (1997) about (8.7È13.4)]106 yr for a core with a
 
size of 0.24 pc and magnetic Ðeld strength of 30 kG. Thus
 
present ambipolar di†usion models seem to indicate that
 
detectable cores in our sample will be condensed within
 
about (3.5È13.4)]106 yr, after which the cores will
 
undergo dynamical, star-forming collapse. Thereby, the predicted
 
ratios of [t(life of protostar)]/[t(core formation)] is
 
[(1È5)]105]/[(3.5È13.4)]106]B0.007È0.14, which is
 
smaller than our empirical value (0.31) by a factor of about
 
2È44. This discrepancy between model predictions and our
 
data is also seen for the Ðve star forming regions ; the
 
empirical ratios are 0.39 (B4/36) for Taurus, 0.46 (B9/41)
 
for Ophiuchus, 0.33 (B9/27) for Lupus, 0.23 (B3/13) for
 
Chamaeleon II and III, and 0.38 (B5/13) for Vela.
 
As a result, the timescale of ambipolar di†usion for core
 
formation in the present models seems to be too long, suggesting
 
that the models of ambipolar di†usion need to be
 
modiÐed or perhaps that faster mechanisms of core formation
 
should be also considered (cf. Tafalla et al. 1998). We
 
suggest that the typical lifetime of starless cores [Z(6È8)
 
]103 cm~3] may be about 3 times longer than the duration
 
of the class 0 and class I phases, i.e., about (0.3È
 
1.6]106) yr, which is shorter than the ambipolar model
 
prediction by a factor of 2È44. A similar conclusion was
 
reached by Jijina, Myers, & Adams (1998) based on statistics
 
of NH cores with and without associated stars. 3
 
3. CONCLUSION
 
In this paper we present a new catalog of 406 dense cores
 
optically selected by using the STScI Digitized Sky Survey
 
(DSS). We have imaged areas of 0.52 or 1.0 deg2 around
 
already known numerous NH and C18O cores, every Lynds class 5 and 6 cloud (Lynds3 1962), and every southern
 
Hartley et al. (1986) class A cloud, to identify every local
 
minimum of intensity in each Ðeld and to select the darkest
 
and best resolved minima. For the identiÐed 406 sources, we
 
used the IRAS Point Source Catalog to determine which
 
have associated point sources and used the criteria for PMS
 
stars by Weintraub (1990) and the catalog of PMS stars by
 
Herbig & Bell (1988) to Ðnd possible PMS stars associated
 
with the cores. From these surveys, 306 starless cores with
 
neither an embedded YSO (EYSO) nor a preÈmainsequence
 
(PMS) star, 94 cores with EYSOs (one core has
 
both an EYSO and a PMS star), and six cores with only a
 
PMS star are found. This list of dense cores will be a useful
 
database for an extensive systematic study of dense cores for
 
a better understanding of the early stages of star formation.
 
Our fairly complete sample of most opaque cores gives
 
representative statistics of physical parameters of dense
 
cores. Most cores are found to have an apparent angular
 
size of 1@È4@ and a linear size of D0.1È0.3 pc, with an
 
average of 0.24 pc. Interestingly, the sizes (mean:
 
0.33^0.03 pc) of the cores with EYSOs are usually larger
 
than those (mean: 0.21^0.01 pc) of the starless cores. The
 
mean aspect ratio of cores is 2.4^0.1, conÐrming that most
 
cores are more likely elongated than spherical.
 
The ratio of [N(cores with EYSOs)]/[N(starless cores)]
 
for our sample is about 0.31 (B94/306). This value is much
 
higher than expected from the relative time scales
 
([t(life of protostar)]/[t(core formation)]B[(1È5)]105]/
 
[(3.5È13.4)]106]B0.007È0.14) of ambipolar di†usion of a
 
core [with gas densityZ(6È8)]103 cm~3] and the life of a
 
protostar. The statistics of our sample indicate that the
 
ambipolar di†usion timescale predicted by present models
 
for dense core formation may be too long. The typical lifetime
 
of starless cores is suggested to be about 3 times longer
 
than the duration of the class 0 and class I phases, i.e., about
 
(0.3È1.6)]106 yr, which is shorter than the ambipolar
 
model predictions by a factor of 2È44.
 
C. W. L acknowledges the Ðnancial support from the
 
1996 Overseas Postdoctoral Support Program of Korea
 
Research Foundation. C. W. L also thanks the Harvard-
 
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for support while
 
working on this project. We would like to thank Lori Allen
 
and August Muench for their careful reading of our manuscript
 
and an anonymous referee for his useful comments.
 
This research was supported by NASA Origins of Solar
 
System Program, grant NAGW-3401.
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 9 January 2008

I haven't done this legwork yet because I thought you might want to be involved - finding a good target for observation is a substantial part of doing science! :)

Ideally, we'd pick a target for our observation using a combination of

  • searching ADS and/or SIMBAD for existing literature .... we want something that doesn't have a LOT of other references, but some references are fine - if someone else has already assembled data on an object, we might be able to use those data and/or results - we just don't want something that has already been "done to death." (page from the wiki on literature searching)
  • checking POSS and other existing multi-wavelength data to see what the object looks like in those bands .... does it look thick and dark in the optical? bright in the infrared? Both of those things suggest that it will be interesting with Spitzer. Something that looks diaphanous in the optical will likely turn out to be completely transparent with Spitzer. (page from the wiki on introduction to data at other wavelengths; you can also do this with Leopard -- see next item.)
  • and, checking to see if it is or is not in the Spitzer archive .... you need to use Leopard to do this. (page from the wiki on searching the archive using Leopard-- NB: "searching the archive to see what is there" is the same thing as "downloading data" except that when you search to see what is there, you don't actually download the data, you just see that there is something there.) Also, note that just because there is data already in the Archive on a given cloud doesn't mean it's a BAD thing, just that it's not a good thing for a new proposal. You should make a note of the "nice" ones you find, because you can go grab the data as soon as the data are public.


My original thoughts on good targets were the following three:

  • LDN 470
  • LDN 1225
  • LDN 880 (but maybe too diaphanous)

And, at the AAS, you guys also came up with

  • LDN 1340

The master list of objects that I worked from is here, courtesy of Babar Ali. Note that these are all opacity class 5 objects. Opacity class 5 or higher is what we probably want for Spitzer observations. None of these have many references in ADS. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list by any means, just a place to start. If you want to instead start with the complete Lynds Dark Nebulae catalog, it's here (the data are linked as "online data" or something similar).

Please post your thoughts and reactions to each of these targets, and any new ones you think are viable candidates for observation. For example, you might post a gif or jpeg of the POSS image you found, or a summary list of references (e.g., "3 papers besides Lynds, one radio, others submm" or whatever). Note the syntax I'm using to post comments on LDN 1340 below -- this is a method suggested by the Oil City folks, and I think it works really well to follow the conversation. See the help page linked from the left (above the search box) for hints on how do this.

LDN 470

LDN 1225

LDN 880

--Guastella 20:48, 8 January 2008 (PST) Here is the article I mentioned in our meeting earlier today.

THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 123:233È250, 1999 July (1999. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. A CATALOG OF OPTICALLY SELECTED CORES CHANG WON LEE AND PHILIP C. MYERS [...] This didn't format well. Please let me know if there is a better way to send papers Thanks Pete

(--Rebull 09:25, 9 January 2008 (PST) he's right, this didn't format well, so I replaced it with a link directly to ADS, from which you can get the complete article - there's no access restrictions on it, and if you go there, you can get the originally formatted PDF or the html. ADS link to the Lee and Myers paper



LDN 1340

--Rebull 20:14, 8 January 2008 (PST) Here's a summary of the latest developments on this object:

One of you (Peter?) suggested this object - and it was a fabulous suggestion. Beautiful in the optical, with IRAS sources, a handful of existing literature, and no Spitzer. Perfect! The icing on the cake was that it's visible in the Spring.

One of you (Peter again?) noticed that there was another AAS poster from 2005 on this object. I mentioned that I knew 2 of the authors (JoAnn O'Linger and Grace Wolf-Chase). Not 2 hours after leaving you, I ran into them. One thing I didn't mention in the context of searching the archive is that there is an open call for proposals out now, eg., there are ~700 proposals for objects that are currently being reviewed, and 20% of them will get their targets approved by March. To some extent, since you're putting in a proposal more or less now, you kind of trump them. On the other hand, it's never good to make enemies.... So, it turns out that JoAnn and collaborators have submitted a proposal to map this region over 1 square degree. There's no guarantee that their data will actually be taken this cycle (before we run out of cryogen in Spring 2009), but at the same time, we probably won't be able to ask for a full square degree (it would take too much time). We could pick a subregion to focus on, or we could find another target entirely.

I'll continue to talk to JoAnn (we had just a brief conversation today), and if I can get her posters (one from before, one from this meeting!), I'll post them here.

[END]

In case we are still looking at this here is the 2005 Abstract Submillimetre Observations of an Intermediate-Mass Star Forming Cloud Core J. O’Linger1, G. H. Moriarty- Schieven2, and G. A. Wolf-Chase3,4, 1Spitzer Science Center (joanno@ipac.caltech.edu), 2National Research Council of Canada, JAC (g.schieven@jach.hawaii.edu), 3Adler Planetarium & Astron. Mus. (gwolfchase@ adlerplanetarium.org), 4Univ. of Chicago (grace@horta.uchicago.edu). We present preliminary results in an ongoing, comprehensive investigation of the star formation activity in LDN 1340. This dark nebula (opacity class 5) is located approximately 600 pc away, in the constellation Cassiopeia. Due to various reflection nebulae and a significant number of embedded IRAS sources, it was identified as a region of active star formation by Kun et al., 1994 [1]. Star formation occurs when the parent molecular cloud collapses to form young stars of different masses. A number of investigators have studied various mechanisms, which might trigger and/or accelerate this collapse and fragmentation process [2]. Clearly, the ionization fronts and stellar winds associated with massive stars have a significant impact on their natal environments, as do the shock waves from the supernovae at the ends of their brief lifetimes. These effects may induce subsequent generations of star formation, but if the turbulence created within the ambient cloud is sufficiently disruptive, it may actually disperse the cloud, causing star formation to cease [3]. To date, studies of triggered star formation have tended to concentrate on the most massive of stars (i.e., O and early B-types) and the star-forming regions in their immediate vicinities; the question of whether or not intermediate- mass stars (such as late B and early A-types) are capable of causing similar triggering events has not been thoroughly examined. Submillimeter maps, at 450 and 850 microns, of a portion of the L1340 cloud (L1340B) were obtained with the SCUBA bolometer array on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope located on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The image is presented in Figure 1. We have observed more than two dozen submillimeter sources in a ~17’ by 12’ region, most of them undetected at any other wavelength. A few of them are associated with previously identified IRAS or 2MASS sources. We have also mapped the region in the emission from the J=3-2 transition of CO. As can be seen in Figure 1, most of our detected sub-mm sources are located in ridges, like “pearls in a string”, which surround voids. Also shown in this figure are known low- and intermediate-mass stars. Morphology and classifications of these objects suggest that we are witnessing triggered star formation. For example, we discuss the case of the Herbig Be star known as “R3” in the paper by Kun et al. [1]. In Figure 1, the sources closest to R3 are T Tauri stars (class II) candidates (determined from 2MASS database using the classification scheme of Lee et al. [3], while beyond those objects lies a ridge containing only submillimeter sources and Class I candidates. Assuming that the ridge represents the location of the ionization front from R3, calculations to estimate the timescale involved (using as the propagation velocity the sound speed from Lee et al. [3], i.e. 10 km/s), show that the time it would take for the ionization front to reach the five nearest T Tauri candidates would be of order 2.3Ma (TT3) to ~11Ma (TT1). In this poster, we will discuss the evidence for triggered star formation within this cloud, based on dust continuum, CO, 2MASS and other data. References: 1. Kun, M., et al. 1994, A&A, 292, 249 2. Elmegreen, B. 1998, Observations and Theory of Dynamical Triggers for Star Formation, ed. C.E. Woodward, J.M. Shull, & H.A. Thronson, ORIGINS, ASP Conference Series 148 3. Lee, H., Chen, W., Zhang, Z., & Hu, J. 2005, Triggered Star Formation in the Orion Bright-Rimmed Clouds, arXiv:astro-ph/0502061 v1 Protostars and Planets V 2005 8600.pdf Figure 1: 850 μm image of theL1340B intermediate-mass star forming region. The field shown is approximately 17’x11’ in extent. Known A and B stars are indicated (see legend above), as well as candidate T Tauri stars and previously unidentified scuba sources. Protostars and Planets V 2005 8600.pdf