L1014

L1014

Dark nebula
L1014 (artistic image)
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Subtype	Dense core
Class	Lynds opacity class 6[1]
Right ascension	21^h 24^m 06^s
Declination	+49° 59′ 07″
Distance	200[1] pc
Apparent diameter	~2′[2]
Constellation	Cygnus
Designations	LDN 1014.

L1014 is a dark nebula in Cygnus constellation. It may be among the most centrally condensed small dark cloud known, perhaps indicative of the earliest stages of star formation processes. This cloud harbours at its core a very young low-mass star, named L1014 IRS; some astronomers have suggested that this star may be a brown dwarf at the earliest stage of its lifetime.^[3]

References

1. Young, C. H.; Jorgensen, J. K.; Shirley, Y. L.; Kauffmann, J.; Huard, T.; Lai, S. P.; Lee, C. W.; Crapsi, A.; Bourke, T. L.; Dullemond, C. P.; Brooke, T. Y.; Porras, A.; Spiesman, W.; Allen, L. E.; Blake, G. A.; Evans Ii, N. J.; Harvey, P. M.; Koerner, D. W.; Mundy, L. G.; Myers, P. C.; Padgett, D. L.; Sargent, A. I.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Van Dishoeck, E. F.; Bertoldi, F.; Chapman, N.; Cieza, L.; Devries, C. H.; Ridge, N. A.; Wahhaj, Z. (2004). "A "Starless" Core that Isn't: Detection of a Source in the L1014 Dense Core with the Spitzer Space Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 154: 396. arXiv:astro-ph/0406371. Bibcode:2004ApJS..154..396Y. doi:10.1086/422818.
2. Dutra, C. M.; Bica, E. (2002). "A catalogue of dust clouds in the Galaxy". Astronomy and Astrophysics 383 (2): 631. arXiv:astro-ph/0203256. Bibcode:2002A&A...383..631D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011761.
3. Bourke, Tyler L.; Crapsi, Antonio; Myers, Philip C.; et al. (2005). "Discovery of a Low-Mass Bipolar Molecular Outflow from L1014-IRS with the Submillimeter Array". The Astrophysical Journal 633 (2): L129. arXiv:astro-ph/0509865. Bibcode:2005ApJ...633L.129B. doi:10.1086/498449.

External links

• The Starless Core That Isn't // Spitzer Image, Release Date: 11/09/04
• Spitzer Sees Ice and Warm Glows in Dark and Dusty Places // NASA 11.09.04