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Statistical Study of Globules Projected on Stellar Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

D. A. Rojkovsky
D. A. Rojkovsky*
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Institute, Alma-Ata, U.S.S.R.

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The discovery of globules by Bok and Reilly leads to various speculation concerning their cosmogonical meaning as protostellar bodies in our galaxy.

It is well known that the most favorable conditions for the discovery and study of globules are reached when they are connected with diffuse galactic nebulae (Dufay). Observations show that in this case globules possess various and generally irregular shapes. It is quite probable that these globules are connected with large dark clouds, genetically linked with bright nebulae. The number of globules in a nebula depends essentially on the peculiarity of its structure. Nevertheless the total area of the sky covered by the nebulae is relatively small and their physical conditions depending on nearby hot stars are peculiar. Consequently it is hardly possible to suppose that the properties of globules present in nebulae are the same as in the other regions of the galaxy. It is important to collect more data concerning the spatial distribution of globules, their density, sizes etc. The stellar clouds of the Milky Way give some possibility for further study in this respect. In the case of a sufficiently dense stellar field the projecting globules can be discovered as some fluctuations in the stellar population as observed on the photograph.

Type
Part I: Empirical Studies of Velocity Fields in, and Related Structure of, the Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 8: Cosmical Gas Dynamics , July 1958 , pp. 949 - 950
Copyright
Copyright © American Physical Society 1958 

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