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The W49A B and D regions as imaged at 7 mm with the VLA. Insets show the integrated H52alpha radio recombination line flux toward sources B1 and D. A combination of imaging spectroscopy and multi-frequency observations to determine continuum spectral indices can effectively identify the youngest of the UC HII regions in a massive star forming cluster.

Investigator(s):  Chris De Pree, Miller Goss, Jack Welch, and David Wilner

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Technical Data

Telescope	VLA
Date of Observation	2001-00-00
Type of Observation	Continuum Observations
Center of Image	RA: 19:10:15.65, Dec: 09:06:5.50 (J2000)
Field of View	0.0008 x 0.0008 degrees
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