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astro-ph2008★ 86 cited
Centimeter-wave continuum radiation from the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud
Simon Casassus, Clive Dickinson, Kieran Cleary +8
The rho Oph molecular cloud is undergoing intermediate-mass star formation. UV radiation from its hottest young stars heats and dissociates exposed layers, but does not ionize hydr…
astro-ph2008★ 40 cited
A Three-Decade Outburst of the LMC Luminous Blue Variable R127 Draws to a Close
Nolan R. Walborn, Otmar Stahl, Roberto C. Gamen +7
The paradigmatic Luminous Blue Variable R127 in the Large Magellanic Cloud has been found in the intermediate, peculiar early-B state, and substantially fainter in visual light, si…
astro-ph2008★ 41 cited
Long-term monitoring of theta1 OriC: the spectroscopic orbit and an improved rotational period
O. Stahl, G. Wade, V. Petit +2
The young O-type star theta1 OriC, the brightest star of the Trapezium cluster in Orion, is one of only two known magnetic rotators among the O stars. However, not all spectroscopi…