The headlight cloud in NGC 628: An extreme giant molecular cloud in a typical galaxy disk
The headlight cloud in NGC 628: An extreme giant molecular cloud in a typical galaxy disk
Cloud-scale surveys of molecular gas reveal the link between molecular clouds properties and star formation (SF) across a range of galactic environments. Cloud populations in galaxy disks are considered to be representative of the `normal' SF. At high resolution, however, clouds with exceptional gas properties and SF activity may also …