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Due to recent advances in infrared detector array technology, near-infrared imaging is emerging as a powerful technique for surveying the embedded stellar population of giant molecular clouds. We discuss the strengths and limitations of this technique through the analysis of two regions, DR22 and S184. Near-infrared images of these regions show dense clusters of low-intermediate mass stars. We analyze the properties of the stars and the initial mass functions of the regions using photometry in the near-infrared bands.
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Megeath, S.T. (1990). Surveying giant molecular clouds for low mass stars: NIR imaging of the DR22 and S184 regions. In: Wilson, T.L., Johnston, K.J. (eds) The Structure and Content of Molecular Clouds 25 Years of Molecular Radioastronomy. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 439. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540586210_16
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