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astro-ph.GA2024

Surveying the Giant HII Regions of the Milky Way with SOFIA: VI. NGC 3603

James M. De Buizer, Wanggi Lim, Nicole Karnath +1

We present our sixth set of results from our mid-infrared imaging survey of Milky Way Giant HII regions with our detailed analysis of NGC 3603, the most luminous GHII region in the…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

Surveying the Giant HII Regions of the Milky Way with SOFIA: V. DR7 and K3-50

James M. De Buizer, Wanggi Lim, James T. Radomski +1

We present our fifth set of results from our mid-infrared imaging survey of Milky Way Giant HII (GHII) regions with our detailed analysis of DR7 and K3-50. We obtained 20/25 and 37…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 19 cited

Massive Protostars in a Protocluster -- A Multi-Scale ALMA View of G35.20-0.74N

Yichen Zhang, Kei E. I. Tanaka, Jonathan C. Tan +8

We present a detailed study of the massive star-forming region G35.2-0.74N with ALMA 1.3 mm multi-configuration observations. At 0.2" (440 au) resolution, the continuum emission re…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Surveying the Giant HII Regions of the Milky Way with SOFIA: IV. Sgr D, W42, and a Reassessment of the Giant HII Region Census

James M. De Buizer, Wanggi Lim, Nicole Karnath +2

This is the fourth paper exploring the infrared properties of giant HII regions with the FORCAST instrument on the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Our sur…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 21 cited

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. IV. Isolated Protostars

Ruben Fedriani, Jonathan C. Tan, Zoie Telkamp +13

We present m SOFIA-FORCAST images of 11 isolated protostars as part of the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, with this morphological classification based on…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 7 cited

Surveying the Giant HII Regions of the Milky Way with SOFIA: III. W49A

James M. De Buizer, Wanggi Lim, Mengyao Liu +2

We present our third set of results from our mid-infrared imaging survey of Milky Way Giant HII (GHII) regions with our detailed analysis of W49A, one of the most distant, yet most…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 60 cited

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey. I. Overview and First Results

James M. De Buizer, Mengyao Liu, Jonathan C. Tan +6

We present an overview and first results of the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, which is using the FORCAST instrument to imag…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 22 cited

A sub-arcsecond study of the hot molecular core in G023.01-00.41

A. Sanna, R. Cesaroni, L. Moscadelli +5

(Abridged) METHODS: We performed SMA observations at 1.3 mm with both the most extended and compact array configurations, providing sub-arcsecond and high sensitivity maps of vario…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 8 cited

Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Bipolar Planetary Nebula M2-9 from SOFIA

M. W. Werner, R. Sahai, J. Davis +10

We have imaged the bipolar planetary nebula M2-9 using SOFIA's FORCAST instrument in six wavelength bands between 6.6 and 37.1 . A bright central point source, unresolved with…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 35 cited

A Massive Protostar Forming by Ordered Collapse of a Dense, Massive Core

Yichen Zhang, Jonathan C. Tan, James M. De Buizer +8

We present 30 and 40 micron imaging of the massive protostar G35.20-0.74 with SOFIA-FORCAST. The high surface density of the natal core around the protostar leads to high extinctio…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 6 cited

First Science Observations with SOFIA/FORCAST: 6 to 37 micron Imaging of the Central Orion Nebula

R. Y. Shuping, Mark R. Morris, Terry L. Herter +9

We present new mid-infrared images of the central region of the Orion Nebula using the newly commissioned SOFIA airborne telescope and its 5 -- 40 micron camera FORCAST. The 37.1 m…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 22 cited

First science results from SOFIA/FORCAST: The mid-infrared view of the compact HII region W3A

F. Salgado, O. Berne, J. D. Adams +11

The massive star forming region W3 was observed with the faint object infrared camera for the SOFIA telescope (FORCAST) as part of the Short Science program. The 6.4, 6.6, 7.7, 19.…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 1 cited

Studies of methanol maser rings

A. Bartkiewicz, M. Szymczak, H. J. van Langevelde +2

We present the results of studies of a new class of 6.7 GHz methanol maser sources with a ring-like emission structure discovered recently with the EVN. We have used the VLA to sea…