MIRIS Paschen-α Galactic Plane Survey: Comparison with the H II region catalog in Cepheus region

  • Published : 2016.04.12

Abstract

MIRIS Paschen-${\alpha}$ ($Pa{\alpha}$) Galactic Plane Survey (MIPAPS) presents the first whole Galactic plane (with the width of $-3^{\circ}$ < b < $+3^{\circ}$) map for the $Pa{\alpha}$ emission line. Many of $Pa{\alpha}$ features were detected more brightly than the previous observed $H{\alpha}$ features, and they coincide well with dense cloud regions. This means that newly detected $Pa{\alpha}$ blobs can indicate massive star forming regions (H II regions) screened by foreground clouds around Galactic plane. Anderson et al. (2014) presented the most complete Galactic H II region catalog based on WISE 12 and 22 um data. Of the cataloged sources, only ~20% have measured radio recombination line (RRL) or $H{\alpha}$ emission, and the rest are still candidate H II regions. At first, we compare the MIPAPS results with Anderson's H II region catalog for the Cepheus region (Galactic longitude from $+96^{\circ}$ to $116^{\circ}$). From this, we will investigate how much MIPAPS can supplement the catalog, and show MIPAPS scientific potential. After that, we plan to extend this work to the whole plane, and finally catalog MIRIS $Pa{\alpha}$ blob sources for the whole Galactic plane.

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