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J/MNRAS/379/663   850um observations of W3 giant molecular cloud  (Moore+, 2007)
The star-forming content of the W3 giant molecular cloud.
    Moore T.J.T., Bretherton D.E., Fujiyoshi T., Ridge N.A., Allsopp J.,
    Hoare M.G., Lumsden S.L., Richer J.S.
   <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 379, 663-673 (2007)>
   =2007MNRAS.379..663M
ADC_Keywords: Molecular clouds ; Millimetric/submm sources

Keywords: stars: formation - ISM: clouds - ISM: individual: W3 - submillimetre


Abstract:
    We have surveyed a ∼0.9 square degree area of the W3 giant molecular
    cloud (GMC) and star-forming region in the 850-um continuum, using the
    Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array on the James Clerk Maxwell
    Telescope. A complete sample of 316 dense clumps were detected with a
    mass range from around 13 to 2500M☉.

Description:
    The observations were made during 2001 July 1724 and 26, using the
    Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) receiver on the 15-m
    James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT).

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat        98      316   The complete W3 850um clump sample


See also:
  J/A+AS/124/205 : W3 star-forming region 345 GHz survey (Helmich+ 1997)
          II/125 : IRAS catalogue of Point Sources, Version 2.0 (IPAC 1986)
          II/156 : IRAS Faint Source Catalog, |b|>10, Version 2.0 (Moshir+ 1989)
           V/114 : MSX6C Infrared Point Source Catalog (Egan+ 2003)


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1-  3  I3    ---    [MBF2007]  Sequential number
   5-  6  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
   8-  9  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  11- 14  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      16  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  17- 18  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  20- 21  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  23- 24  I2    arcsec  DEs       [0/60] Declination (J2000)
  26- 31  F6.3  Jy      Sp850um   Peak flux density at 850um (in Jy/beam) (1)
  33- 39  F7.3  Jy      St850um   Integrated flux density at 850um
  40- 44  F5.2  Jy     e_St850um  rms uncertainty on St850um
  46- 62  A17   ---     IRassoc1  Infrared associations MSX and IRAS
      63  A1    ---   n_IRassoc1  [bcd] Note on IRassoc1 (2)
  65- 81  A17   ---     IRassoc2  Infrared associations MSX and IRAS
      82  A1    ---   n_IRassoc2  [bcd?] Note on IRassoc2 (2)
  84- 98  A15   ---     IRassoc3  Infrared associations MSX and IRAS

Note (1): Error on Sp850um = ±0.013Jy/beam

Note (2): Notes as follows:
      b = Possible MSX association at a separation of <10"
      c = Possible MSX association at a separation of <20"
      d = Possible IRAS association at a separation of <60"
      ? = Uncertain identification


History:
    From electronic version of the journal
(End)                                      Patricia Vannier [CDS]    06-Dec-2007