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20022018
most citedInterstellar Extinction Law in the J, H, and Ks Bands toward the Galactic Center

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astro-ph.SR2018★ 11 cited

A near infrared variable star survey in the Magellanic Clouds: The Small Magellanic Cloud data

Yoshifusa Ita, Noriyuki Matsunaga, Toshihiko Tanabe +12

A very long term near-infrared variable star survey towards the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds was carried out using the 1.4m InfraRed Survey Facility at the South African Astro…

astro-ph2008★ 45 cited

Sequential star formation in a cometary globule (BRC37) of IC1396

Hisashi Ikeda, Koji Sugitani, Makoto Watanabe +9

We have carried out near-IR/optical observations to examine star formation toward a bright-rimmed cometary globule (BRC37) facing the exciting star(s) of an HII region (IC1396) con…

astro-ph2007

Near-Infrared Polarimetry of the Eagle Nebula (M16)

Koji Sugitani, Makoto Watanabe, Motohide Tamura +10

We carried out deep and wide (about 8' x 8') JHKs imaging polarimetry in the southern region of the Eagle Nebula (M16). The polarization intensity map reveals that two YSOs with ne…

astro-ph2007

Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of the Star Forming Region NGC 2024

R. Kandori, M. Tamura, N. Kusakabe +7

We conducted wide-field JHKs imaging polarimetry toward NGC 2024. We found a prominent and extended polarized nebula over NGC 2024, and constrained the location of illuminating sou…

astro-ph2007★ 24 cited

Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of the NGC 2071 Star Forming Region with SIRPOL

Motohide Tamura, Ryo Kandori, Jun Hashimoto +10

We have conducted deep JHKs imaging polarimetry of a ~8' x 8' area of the NGC 2071 star forming region. Our polarization data have revealed various infrared reflection nebulae (IRN…

astro-ph2006★ 3 cited

Near-Infrared Polarization Images of The Orion Molecular Cloud 1 South Region

Jun Hashimoto, Motohide Tamura, Ryo Kandori +8

We present the polarization images in the , , & bands of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 South region. The polarization images clearly show at least six infrared reflection…