Integral Shaped Filament
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The Integral Shaped Filament is a prominent, elongated star-forming structure of dense gas and dust within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, notable for hosting active regions of massive and low-mass star formation.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical structure
ⓘ
molecular cloud filament ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
dense molecular gas
ⓘ
interstellar dust ⓘ |
| contains |
OMC-1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OMC-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ OMC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ OMC-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Orion Nebula Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ dense cores ⓘ embedded protostars ⓘ prestellar cores ⓘ young stellar objects ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | approximately 400–450 parsecs ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | giant molecular cloud environment ⓘ |
| environmentType |
giant molecular filament
ⓘ
high-mass star-forming region ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | ISF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | several parsecs ⓘ |
| hasKinematicProperty |
supersonic turbulence
ⓘ
velocity gradients along filament ⓘ |
| hasMagneticFieldProperty | ordered magnetic field components ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | elongated filament ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProperty |
cold temperature
ⓘ
high column density ⓘ high volume density ⓘ |
| hasRole | backbone of star-forming region in Orion A ⓘ |
| hasShape | integral-sign-like ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity |
clustered
ⓘ
ongoing ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationMode |
distributed low-mass star formation
ⓘ
massive star-forming clumps ⓘ |
| isSiteOf |
low-mass star formation
ⓘ
massive star formation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Orion A molecular cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGalacticStructure | Orion Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herschel Space Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Orion Molecular Cloud Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately 0 (Galactic object) ⓘ |
| studiedInContextOf |
cluster formation
ⓘ
filamentary star formation ⓘ massive star formation ⓘ |
| tracedByEmission |
CO rotational lines
ⓘ
dust continuum emission ⓘ |
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