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Translucent molecular clouds with total visual extinctions A tot V ≈2−5 mag are of interest because they occupy the middle ground of parameter space between the classical diffuse molecular clouds, such as the ζ Oph cloud (A tot V ≈1 mag), and the dark clouds, such as TMC-1 (A tot V ≥10 mag). They have the advantage that they can be studied both by millimeter emission line techniques, as well as by optical absorption line observations, provided that there is a bright star located behind the cloud. The high-latitude molecular clouds fall into the same category.
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van Dishoeck, E.F., Black, J.H., Phillips, T.G. (1990). Millimeter and Optical Observations of Translucent Molecular Clouds. In: Watt, G.D., Webster, A.S. (eds) Submillimetre Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 158. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6850-0_38
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