Issue |
A&A
Volume 408, Number 3, September IV 2003
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Page(s) | L25 - L28 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031157 | |
Published online | 17 November 2003 |
Letter to the Editor
Triggered massive-star formation at the border of the HII region Sh 104
1
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 2 place le Verrier, 13248 Marseille Cedex 4, France
2
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble, 414 rue de la Piscine, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales, Cardiff CF24 3YB, Wales, UK
4
Observatoire du Mont Megantic et Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C3J7
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IRAM, Avenida Divina Pastora, 7, 18012 Granada, Spain
Corresponding author: L. Deharveng, lise.deharveng@oamp.fr
Received:
19
June
2003
Accepted:
29
July
2003
We present millimetre-line imaging of the Galactic H ii region Sh 104. We show that it is surrounded by a ring of molecular gas and dust. Four large molecular condensations are regularly spaced around the ring. These condensations are themselves fragmented and contain several massive dense cores. A deeply embedded cluster is observed in the near IR towards the largest condensation. It contains at least one massive star ionizing an ultra-compact H ii region. The Sh 104 region is a good illustration of the “collect and collapse” model for star formation triggered by the expansion of an H ii region.
Key words: stars: formation / stars: early-type / ISM: H ii regions / ISM: individual: Sh2-104
© ESO, 2003
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