Measurements at other Wavelengths
• Infrared “Cirrus”
– really slightly warm dust
• X-Rays of hot gas near exploded stars
(supernova)
• Radio observations of “Molecular
Clouds”
– Called that because cool and dense
enough for molecules to form
– H2 also hard to detect
– CO common and easy to detect
– Densest have 1000 atoms/cm3
– T as low as 10 K
– Location of star formation