H-1518 Budapest, P.O.Box 32, Hungary
e-mail: Z.Kiss@astro.elte.hu, L.V.Toth@astro.elte.hu
2Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract:
We study the physical parameters of the interstellar medium
in the Cepheus Flare Region. We investigated the large scale
dust temperature and density distribution based on COBE DIRBE,
IRAS and ISOSS data. We give optical B band extinction maps
of 26 subregions covering ≈25 square degrees.
We found several opaque spots on the extinction maps,
examined their optical, infrared and radio properties.
We selected the suspected pre-protostellar clouds in order to perform
further detailed studies in the near future.
Many of dense clouds we found have very low DIRBE temperature
(T<15K) and former 13CO and NH3 detection.
The majority of the objects seem to be starless,
one third of them show ongoing star formation.
