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The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds VIII. Serpens Observed with MIPS

Paul M. Harvey·Luisa M. Rebull·Tim Brooke·William J. Spiesman·Nicholas Chapman·Tracy L. Huard·Neal J. Evans II·Lucas Cieza·Shih-Ping Lai·Lori E. Allen·Lee G. Mundy·Deborah L. Padgett·Anneila I. Sargent·Karl R. Stapelfeldt·Philip C. Myers·Ewine F. van Dishoeck·Geoffrey A. Blake·David W. Koerner
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We present maps of 1.5 square degrees of the Serpens dark cloud at 24, 70, and 160\micron observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope MIPS Camera. More than 2400 compact sources have been extracted at 24um, nearly 100 at 70um, and 4 at 160um. We estimate completeness limits for our 24um survey from Monte Carlo tests with artificial sources inserted into the Spitzer maps. We compare source counts, colors, and magnitudes in the Serpens cloud to two reference data sets, a 0.50 deg^2 set on a low-extinction region near the dark cloud, and a 5.3 deg^2 subset of the SWIRE ELAIS N1 data that was processed through our pipeline. These results show that there is an easily identifiable population of young stellar object candidates in the Serpens Cloud that is not present in either of the reference data sets. We also show a comparison of visual extinction and cool dust emission illustrating a close correlation between the two, and find that the most embedded YSO candidates are located in the areas of highest visual extinction.

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Paul M. Harvey, Luisa M. Rebull, Tim Brooke, William J. Spiesman, Nicholas Chapman, Tracy L. Huard, Neal J. Evans II, Lucas Cieza, Shih-Ping Lai, Lori E. Allen, Lee G. Mundy, Deborah L. Padgett, Anneila I. Sargent, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Philip C. Myers, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Geoffrey A. Blake, David W. Koerner. 2007-04-02. The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds VIII. Serpens Observed with MIPS. https://doi.org/10.1086/518647

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