- KANG MEEJOO
- Journal of the Korean astronomical society = 천문학회지
- 38, n.2
- pp.33-41
- 2005
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We have conducted observations toward the molecular cloud associated with the H II region Sh 156 in <TEX>$^{13}CO$</TEX>(J = 1-0), <TEX>$C^{18}O$</TEX>(J = 1-0), and CS(J = 2 -1) using the TRAO 14 m telescope. Combining with existing <TEX>$^{12}CO$</TEX>(J = 1- 0) data of the Outer Galaxy Survey, we delineated the physical properties of the cloud. We found that there is a significant sign of interaction between the H II region and the molecular gas. We estimated the masses of the molecular cloud, using three different techniques; the most plausible mass is estimated to be <TEX>$1.37 {\times} 10^5 M_{\bigodot}$</TEX>, using a conversion factor of <TEX>$X = 1.9 {\times} 10^{20}\;cm^{-2} (K\;km\;s^{-1})^{-1}$</TEX>, and this is similar to virial mass estimate. This implies that the cloud is gravitationally bound and in virial equilibrium even though it is closely associated with the H II region. In addition to existing outflow, we found several MSX and IRAS point sources associated with dense core regions. Thus, more star forming activities other than the existing H II region are also going on in this region.