2025AJ....169..313R -
Astron. J., 169, 313 (2025/June-0)
The Herbig-Haro Outflow Content and Star-forming Environment of Circinus West and East.
RECTOR T.A., PRATO L., KERR R., PAPRANIKU E. and FISK K.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report the results of a spatially compete, high-sensitivity survey for Herbig-Haro (HH) outflows in the Western and Eastern Circinus molecular clouds. We have detected 28 new HH objects in Circinus West, doubling the number known in this dark nebula. We have also discovered nine outflows in Circinus East, the first to be identified here. Although both Circinus West and East appear to be located at ∼800 pc, their morphologies are distinct. Circinus West shows filamentary structure, while Circinus East is dominated by amorphous dark clouds. North-East of Circinus East, an extended distribution of young stars is centered on the ∼6 Myr old open cluster ASCC 79, which may have triggered the sequential formation of younger surrounding populations. New transverse velocities from Gaia show two dynamically distinct stellar populations in Circinus East; their velocity distribution is consistent with an active cloud-cloud collision between material ejected by the formation of O and B stars in ASCC 79, and a dynamically similar interloping cloud. Given the similar distances to Circinus West and East, and the presence in both of HH objects-a phenomenon associated with stellar ages of ∼1 Myr-it is likely that these clouds are nominally related, but only Circinus East is subject to substantial feedback from the central cluster in the parent complex. This feedback appears to guide the morphology and evolution of Circinus East, resulting in a complex and possibly disruptive dynamical environment rich in star-formation potential that contrasts with the relatively quiescent environment in Circinus West.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Herbig-Haro objects - Star forming regions - Star formation - Stellar Associations
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