ISOCAM Observations of the L1551 Star Formation Region , ,
A&A 420, 945–955 (2004) Astronomy DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035758 & c ESO 2004 Astrophysics ISOCAM observations of the L1551 star formation region,, M. Gålfalk1, G. Olofsson1,A.A.Kaas2, S. Olofsson1, S. Bontemps3,L.Nordh4,A.Abergel5, P. Andr´e6, F. Boulanger5, M. Burgdorf13, M. M. Casali8, C. J. Cesarsky6,J.Davies9, E. Falgarone10, T. Montmerle6, M. Perault10, P. Persi11,T.Prusti7,J.L.Puget5, and F. Sibille12 1 Stockholm Observatory, Sweden 2 Nordic Optical Telescope, Canary Islands, Spain 3 Observatoire de Bordeaux, Floirac, France 4 SNSB, PO Box 4006, 171 04 Solna, Sweden 5 IAS, Universit´e Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France 6 Service d’Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France 7 ISO Data Centre, ESA Astrophysics Division, Villafranca del Castillo, Spain 8 Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, UK 9 Joint Astronomy Center, Hawaii 10 ENS Radioastronomie, Paris, France 11 IAS, CNR, Rome, Italy 12 Observatoire de Lyon, France 13 SIRTF Science Center, California Institute of Technology, 220-6, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Received 28 November 2003 / Accepted 15 March 2004 Abstract. The results of a deep mid-IR ISOCAM survey of the L1551 dark molecular cloud are presented. The aim of this survey is a search for new YSO (Young Stellar Object) candidates, using two broad-band filters centred at 6.7 and 14.3 µm. Although two regions close to the centre of L1551 had to be avoided due to saturation problems, 96 sources were detected in total (76 sources at 6.7 µm and 44 sources at 14.3 µm).