The Isolated Embedded Cluster GM 24

Tapia, M.; Persi, P.
Bibliographical reference

Handbook of Star Forming Regions, Volume II: The Southern Sky ASP Monograph Publications, Vol. 5. Edited by Bo Reipurth, p.449

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2008
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2
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0
Citations
3
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3
Description
GM 24 is a compact nebulous object immersed in the low-brightness HII region RCW 126. It is associated with a warm and dense CO cloud at whose centre a deeply embedded (A_V = 55) massive cluster of more than one hundred members is located. The most luminous young stellar object of the cluster, Irs 3 (= IRAS 17136-3617), radiates most of its energy in the mid- and far-infrared and ionizes a compact HII region. The kinematic distance, derived from the radial velocities of CO and hydrogen recombination lines, is d=2.0 kpc. The physical properties of the complex, derived from the available observations, are presented.