Protostars -- Oral Presentation

Spitzer Observations of a Remarkable Star Forming Core in NGC 2264

Erick Young, University of Arizona


We present IRAC and MIPS observations of an extremely young star forming core in the IRS-2 region of NGC 2264. The compact region includes a remarkable collection of Class 0 and Class 1 sources, and outflows. Molecular line observations confirm the presence of extremely dense gas coincident with bright submillimeter continuum concentrations. In one core, the Spitzer observations reveal a dense mini-cluster of recently formed stars.