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Dust in a few southern H II regions
The property of dust in four southern H II region/molecular cloud complexes (RCW 108, RCW 57, RCW 122, and G351.6-1.3) was discussed. These regions were observed at an effective wavelength of 150 micron using TIFR balloon borne 1 m telescope and deconvolved maps with a resolution of 1 min were obtained. The data were combined with other available data to derive the properties of the infrared emitting dust in these regions
Distribution of dust in W31 complex
W31 is a H II region/molecular cloud complex in the galactic plane at a distance of 6 Kpc. This complex consists of two prominent radio continuum sources (G10.2-0.3 and G10.3-0.1) representing H II regions. An extended region covering both these H II regions was mapped in the Far IR (FIR) using the TIFR 1 m balloon-borne telescope with an angular resolution of approx. 1 min and a dynamic range of 100. The resulting flux density distribution at an effective wavelength of 160 microns is presented. The coadded IRAS survey scan data at 60 and 100 microns were deconvolved using a maximum entropy method to generate the flux density maps of the same region. These 60 and 100 micron maps are given and are briefly discussed
In-orbit Performance of UVIT on ASTROSAT
We present the in-orbit performance and the first results from the
ultra-violet Imaging telescope (UVIT) on ASTROSAT. UVIT consists of two
identical 38cm coaligned telescopes, one for the FUV channel (130-180nm) and
the other for the NUV (200-300nm) and VIS (320-550nm) channels, with a field of
view of 28 . The FUV and the NUV detectors are operated in the high
gain photon counting mode whereas the VIS detector is operated in the low gain
integration mode. The FUV and NUV channels have filters and gratings, whereas
the VIS channel has filters. The ASTROSAT was launched on 28th September 2015.
The performance verification of UVIT was carried out after the opening of the
UVIT doors on 30th November 2015, till the end of March 2016 within the
allotted time of 50 days for calibration. All the on-board systems were found
to be working satisfactorily. During the PV phase, the UVIT observed several
calibration sources to characterise the instrument and a few objects to
demonstrate the capability of the UVIT. The resolution of the UVIT was found to
be about 1.4 - 1.7 in the FUV and NUV. The sensitivity in various
filters were calibrated using standard stars (white dwarfs), to estimate the
zero-point magnitudes as well as the flux conversion factor. The gratings were
also calibrated to estimate their resolution as well as effective area. The
sensitivity of the filters were found to be reduced up to 15\% with respect to
the ground calibrations. The sensitivity variation is monitored on a monthly
basis. UVIT is all set to roll out science results with its imaging capability
with good resolution and large field of view, capability to sample the UV
spectral region using different filters and capability to perform variability
studies in the UV.Comment: 10 pages, To appear in SPIE conference proceedings, SPIE conference
paper, 201
Near-infrared Study of the Carina Nebula
We have carried out near-infrared (NIR) imaging observations of the Carina
Nebula for an area of ~400 sq. arcmin. including the star clusters Trumpler 14
(Tr 14) and Trumpler 16 (Tr 16). With 10 sigma limiting magnitudes of J ~ 18.5,
H ~ 17.5 and K_s ~ 16.5, we identified 544 Class II and 11 Class I young star
candidates. We find some 40 previously unknown very red sources with H-K_s > 2,
most of which remain undetected at the J band. The red NIR sources are found to
be concentrated to the south-east of Tr 16, along the `V' shaped dust lane,
where the next generation of stars seems to be forming. In addition, we find
indications of ongoing star formation near the three MSX point sources,
G287.51-0.49, G287.47-0.54, and G287.63-0.72. A handful of red NIR sources are
seen to populate around each of these MSX sources. Apart from this, we
identified two hard Chandra X-ray sources near G287.47-0.54, one of which does
not have an NIR counterpart and may be associated with a Class I/Class 0
object. The majority of the Class II candidates, on the other hand, are seen to
be distributed in the directions of the clusters, demarcating different
evolutionary stages in this massive star-forming region. A comparison of the
color-magnitude diagrams of the clusters with pre-main sequence model tracks
shows that the stellar population of these clusters is very young (< 3 Myr).
The K_s band luminosity function (KLF) of Tr 14 shows structure at the faint
end, including a sharp peak due to the onset of deuterium burning, implying an
age of 1-2 Myr for the cluster. The KLF of Tr 16, in contrast, is found to rise
smoothly until it turns over. The slopes of the mass functions derived for the
clusters are found to be in agreement with the canonical value of the field
star initial mass function derived by Salpeter.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ; 45 pages, 18 figures, and 3 tables.
The manuscript with higher resolution figures can be downloaded from
http://cepheus.astro.ncu.edu.tw/~kaushar/download/ms.pd