Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
A 144-sq-arcmin region of the Rho Oph star-forming cloud core was surveyed at 2.2 microns, complete to mK = 14. A total of 61 sources are detected, 26 of which have been previously reported, accounting for a total of 35 new sources with mK = 12-14. There is no turnover in the 2-micron luminosity function of the Rho Oph cloud core to a limiting sensitivity of mK = 14. Two of the newly discovered sources are binary companions to previously cataloged objects.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X); 346; L93-L96
Format:
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