Title: Water-vapor masers and star formation in NGC 6334
Abstract: view Abstract Citations (70) References (22) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Water-vapor masers and star formation in NGC 6334. Moran, J. M. ; Rodriguez, L. F. Abstract Water-vapor masers were searched for in an extended region around NGC 6334. Five sites of H2O maser emission were observed, of which two are new discoveries. The five masers lie in an elongated region having a length of approximately 10 pc, aligned approximately parallel to the galactic plane and the far-infrared sources. The distribution of radio and far-infrared objects in the elongated region shows considerable symmetry with respect to its center. It is suggested that four different stages of star formation can be identified in this molecular cloud. The more evolved objects occur at the projected center, with progressively younger objects toward the extremities of the cloud in the northeast and southwest directions. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: March 1980 DOI: 10.1086/183218 Bibcode: 1980ApJ...236L.159M Keywords: Hydrogen Clouds; Interstellar Masers; Star Formation; Water Masers; Carbon Monoxide; Infrared Stars; Microwave Spectra; Nebulae; Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (15)