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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031714
Intermediate scale structure of the interstellar medium towards NGC 6231 in Sco OB1 with FUSE
O. Marggraf, H. Bluhm and K. S. de BoerSternwarte der Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
(Received 16 June 2003 / Accepted 2 December 2003)
Abstract
The FUSE far-ultraviolet interstellar spectra toward seven targets in
NGC 6231
show that the molecules H
2, HD, and CO as well as various
atomic species are distributed in several clouds.
The main absorption component found on the sight lines lies in the Lupus cloud
region at a distance of about 150 pc, and there is a weaker second one,
presumably in the
Sco OB1
shell surrounding
NGC 6231
(
kpc).
H
2 excitation modelling is used to constrain the radiation field and the
density in the gas;
HD is used to estimate the abundance of H
+.
The small angular separation of the target stars allows column density
variations to be probed over the field of view, on scales of
0.05 pc in the
case of the Lupus cloud distance.
They are
for H
2 and
for
.
A rather strong radiation field inside the molecular clouds suggests a
separation of the gas into smaller cloudlets also along the line of sight.
Key words: ISM: structure -- ISM: molecules -- ISM: abundances -- structure -- ultraviolet: ISM
Offprint request: O. Marggraf, marggraf@astro.uni-bonn.de
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