Published January 10, 2017 | Version Published + Submitted
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The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS) II. Distances and Structure toward the Orion Molecular Clouds

  • 1. ROR icon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • 2. ROR icon National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • 3. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  • 4. ROR icon National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  • 5. ROR icon King Abdulaziz University
  • 6. ROR icon University of Guadalajara
  • 7. ROR icon Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
  • 8. ROR icon Universidade de São Paulo
  • 9. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 10. ROR icon The University of Texas at Austin
  • 11. ROR icon Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
  • 12. ROR icon University of Oklahoma
  • 13. ROR icon Leiden University

Abstract

We present the results of the Gould's Belt Distances Survey of young star-forming regions toward the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. We detected 36 young stellar objects (YSOs) with the Very Large Baseline Array, 27 of which have been observed in at least three epochs over the course of two years. At least half of these YSOs belong to multiple systems. We obtained parallax and proper motions toward these stars to study the structure and kinematics of the Complex. We measured a distance of 388 ± 5 pc toward the Orion Nebula Cluster, 428 ± 10 pc toward the southern portion L1641, 388 ± 10 pc toward NGC 2068, and roughly ~420 pc toward NGC 2024. Finally, we observed a strong degree of plasma radio scattering toward λ Ori.

Additional Information

© 2017 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2016 July 11; revised 2016 August 26; accepted 2016 September 13; published 2017 January 11. We acknowledge helpful discussions with Mark Reid, which led to testing the possible effects of phase delay in the ONC. G.N.O.-L., L.L., L.F.R., R.A.G.-L.L., G.P., and J.L.R. acknowledge DGAPA, UNAM, and CONACyT, Mexico for financial support. L.L. and G.O. also acknowledge support from von Humboldt Stiftung. N.J.E. was supported by NSF grant AST-1109116 to the University of Texas at Austin. P.A.B.G. acknowledges financial support from FAPESP. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the NSF. Software: AIPS (Greisen 2003), MPFIT (Markwardt 2009), Skyfield, Binary Star Combined Solution Package (Gudehus 2001).

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Funding

Dirección General Asuntos del Personal Académico (DGAPA)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
NSF
AST-1109116
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)

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