40-350 micron observations of galactic sources

Abstract

Broad-band measurements between 40 and 350 microns are reported for 31 sources observed with a balloon-borne telescope. All but one of the sources have been identified with galactic H II regions, of which about one-third are optically visible. The objects include W3 (three components), W49, RCW 36, RCW 38, and 24 sources lying along the galactic plane between longitudes of 327 and 349 deg. Most of these sources have not previously been observed in the far-infrared. A contour map of the W3 region shows an emission arm extending from the main continuum component.