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The X-ray emission detected by ROSAT is used to search for unidentified young stars in the Canis Majoris (CMa R1) cloud, which distance is ~ 1kpc. We studied the properties of 61 X-ray sources detected in the PSPC image. Most of them have optical and infrared counterparts, which probably are low- and intermediate-mass young stars, as indicated by the strong correlation of the X-ray emission and other stellar characteristics. CMa R1 shows a ring emission nebula that coincides with an expanding H I region, suggesting that a supernova remnant (SNR) could be responsible for inducing the star formation in this region. The ROSAT image shows an extended feature that could be due either to an unresolved stellar cluster (the PSF is very degraded towards the edge of the PSPC field) or truly diffuse emission, which would correspond to the optical diffuse feature considered a possible old SNR. The nature of the extended features in CMa R1 remains an open question that will be investigated using recently approved observations with XMM-Newton.
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Gregorio-Hetem, J., Montmerle, T., Marciotto, E.R. (2003). Star Formation in Canis Majoris. In: Lépine, J., Gregorio-Hetem, J. (eds) Open Issues in Local Star Formation. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 299. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2600-5_23
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