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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 418, 期 1, 页码 89-98出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034510
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ISM : clouds; ISM : individual objects : IC 2118; stars : formation; stars : pre-main sequence
We identified new pre-main sequence stars in the region of high-latitude molecular clouds associated with the reflection nebula IC2118. around l similar to 208degrees and b similar to -27degrees. The stars were selected as T Tauri candidates in objective prism plates obtained with the Schmidt telescope of Konkoly Observatory. Results of spectroscopic follow-up observations, carried out with the FLAIR spectrograph installed on the UK Schmidt and with ALFOSC on Nordic Optical Telescope, are presented in this paper. Based on spectral types, presence of emission lines and lithium absorption line, we identified five classical T Tauri stars and a candidate weak-line T Tauri star projected on the molecular clouds, as well as two candidate pre-main sequence stars outside the nebulous re-ion. Using the near infrared magnitudes obtained from the 2MASS All Sky Catalog (IPAC 2003) we determined the masses and ages of these stars. We found that the five classical T Tauri stars projected on the clouds are physically related to them, whereas the other stars are probably background objects. Adopting a distance of 2 10 pc for IC 2118 (Kun et al. 2001) and using Palla & Stabler's (1999) evolutionary tracks we derived an average age of 2.5 x 10(6) yrs and a mass interval of 0.4-1.0 M-circle dot for the members of the IC2118 association.
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