Perseus cloud complex

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The Perseus cloud complex is a nearby giant molecular cloud in the constellation Perseus that serves as an active region of low- to intermediate-mass star formation.

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Perseus cloud complex canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf giant molecular cloud
star-forming region
contains Barnard 1 NERFINISHED
Barnard 5 NERFINISHED
Herbig–Haro objects NERFINISHED
IC 348 NERFINISHED
L1448
L1455
L1468
NGC 1333 NERFINISHED
Perseus OB2 association (surrounding region) NERFINISHED
dense molecular cores
filamentary molecular structures
molecular outflows
pre-main-sequence stars
protostellar objects
distanceFromEarth approximately 250–350 parsecs
approximately 800–1100 light-years
hasAlternativeName Perseus molecular cloud complex NERFINISHED
hasAngularSize several degrees on the sky
hasApproximateMass on the order of 10^4 solar masses
hasEnvironment diffuse molecular gas
embedded young stellar clusters
hasGasComponent molecular hydrogen
hasGasTracer carbon monoxide (CO)
hasRole nearby laboratory for studying low-mass star formation
testbed for theories of clustered star formation
hasStarFormationType intermediate-mass star formation
low-mass star formation
hasSubregion eastern IC 348 region
western NGC 1333 region
is active star-forming region
locatedIn Perseus Arm NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Perseus NERFINISHED
observedIn CO molecular line emission
infrared wavelengths
submillimeter continuum
partOf Milky Way NERFINISHED
studiedInContextOf Gould Belt clouds NERFINISHED
nearby star-forming molecular clouds
surveyedBy 2MASS survey NERFINISHED
Herschel Space Observatory NERFINISHED
JCMT Gould Belt Survey NERFINISHED
Planck satellite NERFINISHED
Spitzer Space Telescope NERFINISHED

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