Polaris Flare
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| name = Polaris Flare
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| type = molecular cloud
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| epoch = J2000.0
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| size_v = {{Val|360|ul=arcminute}}
| constellation = Ursa Minor
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The Polaris Flare is a filamentous gas cloud in the Milky Way which is seen in the sky in the region of the constellation Ursa Minor and around the star Polaris. The area on the sky is estimated at 50 square degrees. The range is approximately 500 light years.
See also
References
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| title=The parsec-scale relationship between ICO and AV in local molecular clouds
| display-authors=1 | last1=Lee | first1=Cheoljong
| last2=Leroy | first2=Adam K. | last3=Bolatto | first3=Alberto D.
| last4=Glover | first4=Simon C. O. | last5=Indebetouw | first5=Remy
| last6=Sandstrom | first6=Karin | last7=Schruba | first7=Andreas
| journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| volume=474 | issue=4 | pages=4672–4708 | date=March 2018
| doi=10.1093/mnras/stx2760 | doi-access=free | arxiv=1710.08435
| bibcode=2018MNRAS.474.4672L }}
| url=http://herschel.cf.ac.uk/results/polaris-flare
| title=Herschel observations of the Polaris Flare
| publisher=School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
| accessdate=2016-07-18
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906124509/http://herschel.cf.ac.uk/results/polaris-flare
| archive-date=2016-09-06
| url-status=dead
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| url=https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/rtdc/CO/NumberedRegions/DHT16/index.html
| title=Individual Surveys: Polaris Flare (DHT16)
| publisher=Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
| work=Radio Telescope Data Centre | accessdate=2016-07-18}}
{{cite simbad | title=Name Polaris Flare | accessdate=2016-07-18}}
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