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=== List of star-forming regions with proplyds === List is sorted after distance. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Star-Forming region (SFR) !example image !Distance ([[light-year]]s) !Age of SFR ([[Myr]]s) !Ionizing stars !spectral type of ionizing stars !Number of proplyds !type of proplyd !References |- |[[Sh2-279|NGC 1977]] |[[File:NGC 1977 proplyds zoom.png|frameless|87x87px]] |1305 |4 |[[42 Orionis]] |B1V |7 |gaseous + dusty tails |<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Kharchenko |first1=N. V. |last2=Piskunov |first2=A. E. |last3=Schilbach |first3=E. |last4=Röser |first4=S. |last5=Scholz |first5=R. -D. |date=2016-01-01 |title=Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. V. Integrated JHKS magnitudes and luminosity functions |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=585 |pages=A101 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201527292 |bibcode=2016A&A...585A.101K |issn=0004-6361|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> |- |[[Lambda Orionis Cluster]] |[[File:Proplyd Lambda Orionis.png|frameless|82x82px]] |1305 |6 |[[Meissa]] |O8IIIf+B0.5V |2 |dusty tails |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thévenot |first1=Melina |last2=Doll |first2=Katharina |last3=Durantini Luca |first3=Hugo A. |date=2019-07-01 |title=Photoevaporation of Two Proplyds in the Star Cluster Collinder 69 Discovered with Spitzer MIPS |journal=Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society |volume=3 |issue=7 |pages=95 |doi=10.3847/2515-5172/ab30c5 |bibcode=2019RNAAS...3...95T |issn=2515-5172 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Orion Nebula]] |[[File:Proplyd 182-413 JWST NIRCam.jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |1344 |1 |[[Theta1 Orionis C]] |O6Vp+B0V |178 |gaseous + dark disks |<ref name="ricci08" /><ref name=":4" /> |- |[[Messier 43]] |[[File:Proplyd 332-1605 JWST only proplyd.jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |1300 |1 |NU Orionis (HD 37061) |B0.5V |3 |gaseous |<ref>{{Cite journal |last=O'Dell |first=C. R. |date=2001-11-01 |title=New Proplyds, Outflows, Shocks, and a Reflection Nebula in M43 and the Outer Parts of the Orion Nebula |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AJ....122.2662O/abstract |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=122 |pages=2662–2667 |bibcode=2001AJ....122.2662O |doi=10.1086/323720 |issn=0004-6256}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Habart |first=Emilie |last2=Peeters |first2=Els |last3=Berné |first3=Olivier |last4=Trahin |first4=Boris |last5=Canin |first5=Amélie |last6=Chown |first6=Ryan |last7=Sidhu |first7=Ameek |last8=Van De Putte |first8=Dries |last9=Alarcón |first9=Felipe |last10=Schroetter |first10=Ilane |last11=Dartois |first11=Emmanuel |last12=Vicente |first12=Sílvia |last13=Abergel |first13=Alain |last14=Bergin |first14=Edwin A. |last15=Bernard-Salas |first15=Jeronimo |date=2024-05-01 |title=PDRs4All. II. JWST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...685A..73H/abstract |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=685 |pages=A73 |arxiv=2308.16732 |bibcode=2024A&A...685A..73H |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202346747 |issn=0004-6361}}</ref> |- |[[Flame Nebula]] |[[File:New bright proplyd Flame Nebula.png|frameless|80x80px]] |1350 |0.2 to 0.5 |IRS1, IRS2b |B0.5V, O8V |4 or 8 |gaseous |<ref name=":2" /> |- |[[NGC 2264]] |[[File:Proplyd NGC 2264.png|frameless|110x110px]] |2609 |4 |[[S Monocerotis|S Mon]] |O7Ve |1 |dusty tails |<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Balog |first1=Zoltan |last2=Rieke |first2=G. H. |last3=Su |first3=Kate Y. L. |last4=Muzerolle |first4=James |last5=Young |first5=Erick T. |date=2006-10-01 |title=Spitzer MIPS 24 μm Detection of Photoevaporating Protoplanetary Disks |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=650 |issue=1 |pages=L83–L86 |doi=10.1086/508707 |bibcode=2006ApJ...650L..83B |issn=0004-637X|doi-access=free |arxiv=astro-ph/0608630 }}</ref> |- |[[IC 1396]] |[[File:Proplyd IC 1396.png|frameless|101x101px]] |2723 |3 |[[HD 206267]] |O6V |1 |dusty tails |<ref name=":5" /> |- |[[NGC 6193]] |[[File:Proplyd NGC 6193.png|frameless|83x83px]] |3783 |5 |[[HD 150136]], CD-48 11071 |O3.5-4III(f*)+O6IV, B0V |8 or 9 |dusty tails |<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thévenot |first=Melina |date=2020-01-01 |title=Cometary Tails as a Sign of Disk Photoevaporation in NGC 6193 |journal=Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=15 |doi=10.3847/2515-5172/ab701d |bibcode=2020RNAAS...4...15T |issn=2515-5172 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Cygnus OB2]] |[[File:IRAS20324 (48339932252).png|frameless|80x80px]] |4566 |3-5 |Cluster of O-stars | |11 |large "proplyd-like" objects + dusty tails |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Guarcello |first1=M. G. |last2=Drake |first2=J. J. |last3=Wright |first3=N. J. |last4=Drew |first4=J. E. |last5=Gutermuth |first5=R. A. |last6=Hora |first6=J. L. |last7=Naylor |first7=T. |last8=Aldcroft |first8=T. |last9=Fruscione |first9=A. |last10=García-Alvarez |first10=D. |last11=Kashyap |first11=V. L. |last12=King |first12=R. |date=2013-08-01 |title=The Protoplanetary Disks in the Nearby Massive Star-forming Region Cygnus OB2 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...773..135G |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=773 |issue=2 |pages=135 |doi=10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/135 |arxiv=1306.5757 |bibcode=2013ApJ...773..135G |issn=0004-637X|hdl=10871/22086 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Nicholas J. |last2=Drake |first2=Jeremy J. |last3=Drew |first3=Janet E. |last4=Guarcello |first4=Mario G. |last5=Gutermuth |first5=Robert A. |last6=Hora |first6=Joseph L. |last7=Kraemer |first7=Kathleen E. |date=2012-02-01 |title=Photoevaporating Proplyd-like Objects in Cygnus OB2 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...746L..21W |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=746 |issue=2 |pages=L21 |doi=10.1088/2041-8205/746/2/L21 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=1201.2404 |bibcode=2012ApJ...746L..21W }}</ref> |- |[[NGC 2244]] |[[File:Proplyd NGC 2244.png|frameless|80x80px]] |4892 |4 |[[HD 46150]] |O5V |1 |dusty tails |<ref name=":5" /> |- |[[Trifid Nebula]] |[[File:Closeup of Proplyd in Trifid Nebula (opo0417e).jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |5479 |8 |HD 164492A |O7.5 |1 |gaseous |<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yusef-Zadeh |first1=F. |last2=Biretta |first2=J. |last3=Geballe |first3=T. R. |date=2005-09-01 |title=Hubble Space Telescope and United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Observations of the Center of the Trifid Nebula: Evidence for the Photoevaporation of a Proplyd and a Protostellar Condensation |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AJ....130.1171Y |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=1171–1176 |doi=10.1086/432095 |issn=0004-6256|arxiv=astro-ph/0505155 |bibcode=2005AJ....130.1171Y }}</ref> |- |[[Pismis 24]] |[[File:Pismis 24 proplyd 1 F850LP.png|frameless|80x80px]] |5544 |1 |Pis 24-1, Pis 24-2 |O3I, O5.5 V(f) |5 |gaseous |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fang |first1=M. |last2=van Boekel |first2=R. |last3=King |first3=R. R. |last4=Henning |first4=Th. |last5=Bouwman |first5=J. |last6=Doi |first6=Y. |last7=Okamoto |first7=Y. K. |last8=Roccatagliata |first8=V. |last9=Sicilia-Aguilar |first9=A. |date=2012-03-01 |title=Star formation and disk properties in Pismis 24 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012A&A...539A.119F |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=539 |pages=A119 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201015914 |arxiv=1201.0833 |bibcode=2012A&A...539A.119F |issn=0004-6361|hdl=10486/662673 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Lagoon Nebula]] |[[File:Lagoon Nebula proplyd.jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |5871 |5 |Herschel 36 |O7V |1 |gaseous |<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stecklum |first1=B. |last2=Henning |first2=T. |last3=Feldt |first3=M. |last4=Hayward |first4=T. L. |last5=Hoare |first5=M. G. |last6=Hofner |first6=P. |last7=Richter |first7=S. |date=1998-02-01 |title=The Ultracompact H II Region G5.97-1.17: an Evaporating Circumstellar Disk in M8 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=115 |issue=2 |pages=767–776 |doi=10.1086/300204 |bibcode=1998AJ....115..767S |issn=0004-6256|doi-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Westerhout 5]] |[[File:Proplyd W5-HD 17505.png|frameless|80x80px]] |7500 |5 |HD 17505, HD 18326 |O6.5III((f))n+O8V, O7V |4 |dusty tails |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sota |first1=A. |last2=Maíz Apellániz |first2=J. |last3=Walborn |first3=N. R. |last4=Alfaro |first4=E. J. |last5=Barbá |first5=R. H. |last6=Morrell |first6=N. I. |last7=Gamen |first7=R. C. |last8=Arias |first8=J. I. |date=2011-04-01 |title=The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. Classification System and Bright Northern Stars in the Blue-violet at R ~ 2500 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |volume=193 |issue=2 |pages=24 |doi=10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/24 |bibcode=2011ApJS..193...24S |issn=0067-0049|doi-access=free |arxiv=1101.4002 }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> |- |[[Carina Nebula]] (disputed)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sahai |first1=R. |last2=Güsten |first2=R. |last3=Morris |first3=M. R. |date=2012-12-01 |title=Are Large, Cometary-shaped Proplyds Really (Free-floating) Evaporating Gas Globules? |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...761L..21S |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=761 |issue=2 |pages=L21 |doi=10.1088/2041-8205/761/2/L21 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=1211.0345 |bibcode=2012ApJ...761L..21S }}</ref> |[[File:Proplyds within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) (noao0301a).jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |7501 |3 |Cluster of O-stars | |"dozens" |large "proplyd-like" objects + dark disks |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Nathan |last2=Bally |first2=John |last3=Morse |first3=Jon A. |date=2003-04-01 |title=Numerous Proplyd Candidates in the Harsh Environment of the Carina Nebula |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...587L.105S |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=587 |issue=2 |pages=L105–L108 |doi=10.1086/375312 |bibcode=2003ApJ...587L.105S |issn=0004-637X}}</ref> |- |[[NGC 3603]] |[[File:NGC 3603 proplyd 1.jpg|frameless|80x80px]] |19569 |1 |Cluster of O-stars | |3 |large "proplyd-like" objects |<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Brandner |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Grebel |first2=Eva K. |last3=Chu |first3=You-Hua |last4=Dottori |first4=Horacio |last5=Brandl |first5=Bernhard |last6=Richling |first6=Sabine |last7=Yorke |first7=Harold W. |last8=Points |first8=Sean D. |last9=Zinnecker |first9=Hans |date=2000-01-01 |title=HST/WFPC2 and VLT/ISAAC Observations of Proplyds in the Giant H II Region NGC 3603 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=119 |issue=1 |pages=292–301 |doi=10.1086/301192 |bibcode=2000AJ....119..292B |issn=0004-6256|doi-access=free |arxiv=astro-ph/9910074 }}</ref> |- |[[Sagittarius A*|Sgr A*]] | |26673 |unknown |Multiple O- and [[Wolf–Rayet star|WR-stars]] | |34 |gaseous |<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yusef-Zadeh |first1=F. |last2=Roberts |first2=D. A. |last3=Wardle |first3=M. |last4=Cotton |first4=W. |last5=Schödel |first5=R. |last6=Royster |first6=M. J. |date=2015-03-01 |title=Radio Continuum Observations of the Galactic Center: Photoevaporative Proplyd-like Objects Near Sgr A* |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...801L..26Y |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=801 |issue=2 |pages=L26 |doi=10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L26 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=1502.03109 |bibcode=2015ApJ...801L..26Y }}</ref> |}
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