Cores (IMAGE)

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Cores

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75 cores were detected in the Ophiuchus molecular cloud flux intensity map, and are displayed with measured 12CO excitation temperature in units of K, coded as shown in the color bar on the right. Semi-axis of the ellipse plotted in the map is the FWHM of the Gaussian profile of the core.

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