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Bok globules are still a subject of intense research. Known to be some of the coldest objects in the natural universe, their structure and density remains somewhat a mystery. Methods applied so far have relied on column density derived from near-infrared
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observations published in 1990 confirmed that stars were being born inside Bok globules. Further observations have revealed that some Bok globules contain embedded warm sources, some contain
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Launhardt, R.; Sargent, A. I.; Henning, T.; Zylka, R.; Zinnecker, H. (2000). "Binary and multiple star formation in Bok globules". In Reipurth, B.; Zinnecker, H. (eds.).
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were born. This hypothesis was difficult to verify due to the observational difficulties of establishing what was happening inside a dense dark cloud that obscured all
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of material in a region about a light-year or so across, and that Bok globules most commonly result in the formation of double- or multiple-star systems.
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Clemens, Dan P.; Yun, João Lin; Meyer, Mark H. (March 1991). "BOK globules and small molecular clouds – Deep IRAS photometry and (C-12)O spectroscopy".
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Reipurth, Bo; Heathcote, Steve; Vrba, Frederick (March 1992). "Star formation in Bok globules and low-mass clouds. IV – Herbig–Haro objects in B335".
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Bok globules that are irradiated by ultraviolet light from hot nearby stars exhibit stripping of materials to produce a tail. These types are called "
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Launhardt, R.; Sargent, A. I.; Henning, T.; Zylka, R.; Zinnecker, H. (10–15 April 2000). "Binary and multiple star formation in Bok globules".
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Clemens, D. P.; Yun, J. L.; Heyer, M. H. (1991). "Bok globules and small molecular clouds—Deep IRAS photometry and (C-12)O spectroscopy".
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Zhou, Shudong; Evans, Neal J. II; Koempe, Carsten; Walmsley, C. M. (March 1993). "Evidence for protostellar collapse in B335".
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Birth and Evolution of Binary Stars, Poster Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 200 on The Formation of Binary Stars
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Birth and Evolution of Binary Stars, Poster Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 200 on The Formation of Binary Stars
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Bok globules such as Barnard 68 are only about half a light-year across and weigh in at about two solar masses
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studies have provided evidence for the infall of material onto an accreting
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Bok, Bart J.; Reilly, Edith F. (March 1947). "Small Dark Nebulae".
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and even star counting in a bid to probe these objects further.
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hypothesized that these clouds were "similar to insect's
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Cometary globules. 1 Formation, evolution and morphology
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in the 1940s. In an article published in 1947, he and
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Yun, JoĂŁo Lin; Clemens, Dan P. (December 20, 1990).
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light emitted from within it. An analysis of near-
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Lazareff, 1994. 363:contained within a region about a 339:are isolated and relatively small 27:Isolated, small, and opaque nebula 25: 3113: 3101: 3089: 3077: 3050: 3040: 3031: 3030: 2964: 2668: 2656: 2645: 2644: 2595: 2479: 2469: 2468: 882:Astrophysical Journal Supplement 634:Astrophysical Journal Supplement 535: 526:Bok globules located within the 519: 490: 190: 151: 139: 596:Michael Szpir (May–June 2001). 500:, a set of Bok globules in the 421:to form new stars, from which 1: 2381:Timeline of stellar astronomy 839:Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 802:Astrophysical Journal Letters 734:Astrophysical Journal Letters 771:Astronomy & Astrophysics 397:- or multiple-star systems. 2811:Evaporating gaseous globule 2041:Hertzsprung–Russell diagram 3157: 2622:Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism 1955:Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism 283:Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism 3025: 2640: 2593: 2464: 1218: 1005: 150: 138: 37: 2334:With multiple exoplanets 598:"Bart Bok's Black Blobs" 530:nebula (IC 1590 cluster) 1120:Asymptotic giant branch 783:1992A&A...256..225R 417:" that were undergoing 355:, and typically have a 2847:Integrated Flux Nebula 2577:Pre-main-sequence star 2456:Tidal disruption event 1945:Circumstellar envelope 1179:Luminous blue variable 513:Hubble Space Telescope 419:gravitational collapse 237:Pre-main-sequence star 163:Additional Information 2837:Protoplanetary nebula 2801:Giant molecular cloud 2779:Protoplanetary nebula 2612:Initial mass function 1981:Effective temperature 692:Astrophysical Journal 273:Initial mass function 46:Finger of God Globule 2857:Post-stellar nebulae 2605:Theoretical concepts 2562:Young stellar object 2451:Planet-hosting stars 2329:With resolved images 2300:Historical brightest 2230:Photometric-standard 2156:Solar radio emission 1950:Eddington luminosity 1730:Triple-alpha process 1668:Thorne–ƻytkow object 1043:Young stellar object 959:Cometary globule CG4 954:A Star in the Making 498:Thackeray's Globules 367:or so across (about 260:Theoretical concepts 227:Young stellar object 104:Chemical composition 2948:Intergalactic blobs 2913:High-velocity cloud 2793:Pre-stellar nebulae 2632:Planetary migration 2542:Interstellar medium 2275:Highest temperature 2046:Color–color diagram 1911:Protoplanetary disk 1715:Proton–proton chain 1393:Chemically peculiar 925:2000IAUS..200P.103L 894:1991ApJS...75..877C 851:1993ApJ...404..232Z 814:1992ApJ...385L..21Y 746:1990ApJ...365L..73Y 704:1947ApJ...105..255B 677:2000IAUS..200P.103L 646:1991ApJS...75..877C 449:. 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They contain 375: 373: 321: 314: 307: 194: 180: 155: 143: 42: 30: 21: 18:Cometary globule 3156: 3155: 3151: 3150: 3149: 3147: 3146: 3145: 3126: 3125: 3124: 3114: 3112: 3102: 3100: 3090: 3088: 3078: 3076: 3068: 3066: 3061: 3060: 3021: 3005: 2983:Largest Nebulae 2959: 2943: 2939:Pinwheel nebula 2922: 2906:Infrared cirrus 2901:Molecular cloud 2884: 2851: 2820: 2787: 2774:Variable nebula 2742:Emission nebula 2720: 2715: 2685: 2680: 2636: 2600: 2596: 2591: 2547:Molecular cloud 2530: 2525: 2495: 2490: 2478: 2460: 2385: 2354:Milky Way novae 2290:Smallest volume 2234: 2215:Radial velocity 2138: 2132: 2084:Common envelope 2060: 1959: 1928:Helioseismology 1899:Bipolar outflow 1840:Microturbulence 1835:Convection zone 1816: 1710:Lithium burning 1697:Nucleosynthesis 1687: 1569: 1478: 1205: 1084: 1033:Molecular cloud 1014: 1001: 996: 950: 945: 944: 936: 932: 919:. p. 103. 914: 913: 909: 879: 878: 874: 836: 835: 831: 795: 794: 790: 768: 767: 763: 727: 726: 719: 689: 688: 684: 666: 665: 661: 631: 630: 623: 611: 609: 595: 594: 590: 585: 557:Molecular cloud 553: 546: 540: 531: 524: 515: 495: 486: 411:Edith F. Reilly 403: 384: 371: 369: 325: 212:Molecular cloud 99: 96: 92: 89: 57:Characteristics 52: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3154: 3152: 3144: 3143: 3138: 3128: 3127: 3123: 3122: 3110: 3098: 3086: 3063: 3062: 3059: 3058: 3048: 3038: 3027: 3026: 3023: 3022: 3020: 3019: 3013: 3011: 3007: 3006: 3004: 3003: 2997: 2994:Protoplanetary 2991: 2985: 2980: 2974: 2972: 2961: 2960: 2958: 2957: 2951: 2949: 2945: 2944: 2942: 2941: 2936: 2934:Bipolar nebula 2930: 2928: 2924: 2923: 2921: 2920: 2915: 2910: 2909: 2908: 2903: 2892: 2890: 2886: 2885: 2883: 2882: 2877: 2872: 2867: 2861: 2859: 2853: 2852: 2850: 2849: 2844: 2839: 2834: 2828: 2826: 2825:Stellar nebula 2822: 2821: 2819: 2818: 2813: 2808: 2803: 2797: 2795: 2789: 2788: 2786: 2785: 2784: 2783: 2782: 2781: 2776: 2766: 2765: 2764: 2759: 2754: 2749: 2737:Diffuse nebula 2734: 2728: 2726: 2725:Visible nebula 2722: 2721: 2716: 2714: 2713: 2706: 2699: 2691: 2682: 2681: 2679: 2678: 2666: 2654: 2641: 2638: 2637: 2635: 2634: 2629: 2624: 2619: 2614: 2608: 2606: 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1512: 1508: 1507:Helium planet 1505: 1504: 1503: 1500: 1498: 1497:Parker's star 1495: 1493: 1490: 1489: 1487: 1485: 1481: 1475: 1472: 1468: 1465: 1464: 1463: 1460: 1458: 1455: 1451: 1448: 1447: 1446: 1443: 1439: 1436: 1434: 1431: 1429: 1428:Lambda Boötis 1426: 1424: 1421: 1419: 1416: 1414: 1411: 1409: 1406: 1404: 1401: 1399: 1396: 1395: 1394: 1391: 1389: 1386: 1382: 1379: 1377: 1374: 1372: 1369: 1368: 1367: 1364: 1360: 1357: 1356: 1355: 1352: 1348: 1345: 1343: 1340: 1338: 1335: 1334: 1333: 1330: 1328: 1325: 1321: 1318: 1316: 1313: 1311: 1308: 1307: 1306: 1303: 1301: 1298: 1296: 1293: 1291: 1288: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1275: 1274: 1271: 1267: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1254: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1244: 1242: 1239: 1237: 1234: 1233: 1231: 1229: 1226: 1224: 1221: 1220: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1208: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1194:Superluminous 1192: 1191: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1165: 1162: 1160: 1157: 1155: 1152: 1148: 1145: 1144: 1143: 1140: 1138: 1135: 1131: 1128: 1126: 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Index

Cometary globule

Finger of God Globule
Carina Nebula
Dark nebulae
HII regions
Molecular hydrogen
carbon oxides
helium
silicate dust
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Media category
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Q213936
Bart Bok
Star formation

Interstellar medium
Molecular cloud
Bok globule
Dark nebula
Young stellar object
Protostar
Pre-main-sequence star
T Tauri star
Herbig Ae/Be star
Herbig–Haro object
Accretion
Initial mass function
Jeans instability

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