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Far-infrared observations of Large Magellanic Cloud H II regions

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1978

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M. W. Werner, E. E. Becklin, I. Gatley, M. J. Ellis, A. R. Hyland, G. Robinson, J. A. Thomas
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Abstract

Far-infrared emission has been measured from four Large Magellanic Cloud H II regions: the 30 Doradus nebula, MC75, MC76 and MC77. The far-infrared radiation is thermal emission from dust heated by starlight. The results show that the LMC H II regions, like H II regions in the Galaxy, have far-infrared luminosities comparable to the total luminosity of their exciting stars.