Resolved Giant Molecular Clouds in Nearby Spiral Galaxies: Insights from the CANON CO (1-0) Survey

Jennifer Donovan Meyer, Jin Koda, Rieko Momose +9

We resolve 182 individual giant molecular clouds (GMCs) larger than 2.5 $\times$ 10${}^5$ \Msun in the inner disks of five large nearby spiral galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 473…