Protostars and Planets VI, Heidelberg, July 15-20, 2013

Poster 1K002

Near-IR and Herschel observations of the complex star forming region RCW121/IRAS17149-3916)

Persi, Paolo (IAPS/INAF Italy)
Tapia, Mauricio (IA-UNAM, Ensenada,Mexico)
Roth, Miguel (Las Campanas Observatory,Chile)
Elia, Davide (IAPS/INAF,Italy)
Molinari, Sergio (IAPS/INAF,Italy)

Abstract:
RCW121 is a visible HII region at a distance of 2.0 kpc, associated with the IR source IRAS17149-3916. The presence of a 6.7 GHz methanol maser, a water maser and an HII region detected at 18 GHz suggests that RCW 121 is a high-mass star forming region. In order to determine the physical conditions of the complex, we combine new near-IR narrow and broad-band images, near-IR spectroscopy, Herschel PACS and SPIRE images and Spitzer/IRAC images from 3.6 to 8.0μm.

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