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Bok globule

(dense molecular cloud)

A Bok globule is a small, dense volume of dust and gas within an HII region, typically of 2 to 50 solar masses and a fraction of a parsec across. Signs suggest they contain star formation, signs from ultraviolet observation and from the frequency of hot young stars nearby. A cometary globule (CG) is a Bok globule showing a comet-like tail, due to sufficiently intense ultraviolet to push out some material.


(hydrogen,star formation,cloud type,molecular hydrogen,gas)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_globule
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/B/Bok+Globule
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1947ApJ...105..255B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976MNRAS.175P..19H/abstract
PrefixExample  
CGCG 26cometary globule

Referenced by pages:
cloud
Herbig-Haro object (HH)
L483
molecular cloud
star-forming region (SFR)

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