1. Star Formation in Dark Nebulae
James Haber

2. Spooky Star Forming Region
Need
Help increase knowledge of star formation
View parts of the universe previously obscured by dark nebulae
Spooky Star Forming Region

3. Introduction Nebula are clouds of ionized hydrogen gas
Large regions of star formation
Orion Nebula

4. Star Formation

5. Introduction Dark nebula are similar to reflection nebula
Can only be seen due to the fact that they block out light
Horsehead Nebula

6. Taurus-Auriga Dark Cloud
Literature Review
Red and Nebulous Objects in Dark Clouds
Search for protostars and T Tauri stars previously missed by Herbig and Rao
Taurus-Auriga Dark Cloud

7. Literature Review
An optical survey to look for star formation in Lynds Dark Clouds
Ratio of Class 0 to Class I protostars was found to be about 1:1, very different from previous 1:10 ratio

8. Purpose
The purpose of my project is to study star formation in dark nebulae using color-color plots and spectral energy distribution charts to classify and identify young stars.

9. Methodology

10. Bibliography
ESA/Hubble Information Centre. "Hubble spots a celestial bauble." ScienceDaily, 15 Dec Web. 1 May 2011. 
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "The Art of Making Stars." ScienceDaily, 4 Apr Web. 1 May 2011.
Chandra X-ray Center. "New evidence on origin of supernovas." ScienceDaily, 27 Apr Web. 1 May 2011.
Hillenbrand, Lynne. "On the Stellar Population and Star-Forming History of the Orion Nebula Cluster." The Astronomical Journal 113.5 (1997).
"Secrets of a Dark Cloud." ESO. 2 July Web. 05 May <
Francesco, James, Michiel R. Hogerheijde, and William J. Welch. "ABUNDANCES OF MOLECULAR SPECIES IN BARNARD 68." The Astronomical Journal 124 (2002):
Visser, Anja E., and John S. Richer. "COMPLETION OF A SCUBA SURVEY OF LYNDS DARK CLOUDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LOW-MASS STAR FORMATION." The Astronomical Journal 124 (2002):
Seeds, Michael A. "Three Kinds of Nebulae." Foundations of Astronomy. Australia: Thomson Brooks/Cole,
"Lynds Clouds." CoolWiki. Web. 03 June <

11. What is the problem? Knowledge Base Lit Review(Check this) This
Does this answer
What is the hypothesis
Dependent variable
Up or down? Which?
Why?
How do we know?
Method
Does the method
Actually test the hypothesis?