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