VizieR Online Data Catalog: Distances to molecular clouds in SFR (Zucker+, 2020)

Citation:

C. Zucker, J. S. Speagle, E. Schlafly, G. M. Green, D. P. Finkbeiner, A. Goodman, and J. Alves. 2019. “VizieR Online Data Catalog: Distances to molecular clouds in SFR (Zucker+, 2020).” VizieR Online Data Catalog, J/A+A/633/A51.

Abstract:

Distances to ~60 star-forming regions in Reipurth (2008, Star Formation Handbook, vols I and II) have been computed using stellar photometry and Gaia DR2 parallax measurements. Usually, several distance estimates are taken across each cloud.

For each sightline, the median distance (d50) is provided, plus the 16th and 84th percentiles on the distance probability distribution function. There is an additional systematic uncertainty, which is unknown but estimated to be ~5% in distance for clouds <1.5kpc, ~10% in distance for clouds >1.5kpc, and ~7% in distance for the southern clouds Lupus, Chamaeleon, and Corona Australis. These should be added in quadrature with the statistical uncertainties reported in the table. In addition to the distances, ancillary model parameters used in our fit are also included (e.g. the amount of foreground extinction "f"). See Section 3.2.1 and Section 3.2.2 in Zucker et al. (2019ApJ...879..125Z) for a complete description of model parameters.