We have studied the environment of the FU Ori type star V582 Aur. Our aim is
to explore the star-forming region associated with this young eruptive star.
Using slitless spectroscopy we searched for H alpha emission stars within a
field of 11.5arcmin \times 11.5arcmin, centred on V582 Aur. Based on UKIDSS and
Spitzer Space Telescope data we further selected infrared-excess young stellar
object candidates. In all, we identified 68 candidate low-mass young stars, 16
of which exhibited H alpha emission in the slitless spectroscopic images. The
colour-magnitude diagram of the selected objects, based on IPHAS data, suggests
that they are low-mass pre-main-sequence stars associated with the Aur OB 1
association, located at a distance of 1.3 kpc from the Sun. The bright-rimmed
globules in the local environment of V582 Aur probably belong to the dark cloud
LDN~1516. Our results suggest that star formation in these globules might have
been triggered by the radiation field of a few hot members of Aur OB 1. The
bolometric luminosity of V582 Aur, based on archival photometric data and on
the adopted distance, is 150-320 Lsun.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication by MNRA
