Talk:List of star-forming regions in the Local Group
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Idea edit
My idea for starting this article is to create a list of star-forming regions, ranging from the nearest regions like rho Oph to more distant massive regions. So far, I am listing these regions in rough order of distance, but each column will be sortable, so star-forming regions in, for example, a particular RA or Dec range could be easily obtained. Basic parameters of molecular clouds and young stellar clusters, along with journal references, will be given.
This list is too large to complete all at once, but my idea is to start with objects that already have Wikipedia articles, and expand from there.
Similar lists from the literature include the Handbook of Star Forming Regions, volumes I and II, edited by Bo Reipurth, or the review paper by Lada & Lada (2003). However, this list can be more comprehensive including all star-forming regions with articles, not just those meeting a particular selection criteria. OtterAM (talk) 17:04, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hierarchical List edit
I could imagine that it would be useful to make a hierarchical list, like is done in other cases, such as List of highest mountains. For example, the Orion Nebula lies in the Orion A cloud, which is part of the Orion molecular clouds. However, this seems too complex at the moment, but might be a good idea for the future. OtterAM (talk) 20:41, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
word missing? edit
In the second sentence (Star formation occurs in molecular clouds which become unstable to gravitational collapse
), should that be Star formation occurs in molecular clouds which become unstable due to gravitational collapse
? Schazjmd (talk) 22:01, 23 May 2019 (UTC)