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HD 62542: Probing the Bare, Dense Core of a Translucent Interstellar Cloud

  • Authors: Daniel E. Welty, Paule Sonnentrucker, Theodore P. Snow, and Donald G. York

2020 The Astrophysical Journal 897 36.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Spectra of selected molecular species toward HD 62542. The UV spectra are from STIS (FWHM ∼ 2.7 km s−1); the optical spectra are from Keck/HIRES or VLT/UVES (FWHM ∼ 4.5–6.8 km s−1). The tick marks above the spectra indicate absorption from the main component at 14 km s−1. For CN λ3874.6, the R2, R1, P1, and P2 lines flank the main R0 line at that velocity; the weak unmarked features just to the right of the R1 and R0 lines are due to 13CN. For CO λ1392.5, lines from rotational levels J = 0–6 (in the R, Q, and P branches) are detected; see also Figures 21 and 22. For CS λ1400.9, the weak line near −80 km s−1 is due to Sn II in the main 14 km s−1 component. For several other cases, the “extra” tick marks give the locations of nearby lines of other species (whether or not detected).

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