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| Name: ALIK PANJA Affiliation: S. N. BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES Conference ID: ASI2018_1320 Title : Insights of stellar evolution in an active star-forming site Sh2-242 Authors and Co-Authors : Alik Panja, Soumen Mondal, Somnath Dutta, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Stars,ISM and the Galaxy Abstract : With an aim to accumulate the observational evidence of triggered star formation by the influence of massive stars, we are studying few molecular environment and young stellar objects surrounded by dense H II regions, using multi-wavelength data in the optical to mid-infrared (MIR) range. Identifying and characterizing the member stars in a given region, harbouring massive stars are key idea to understand the physical processes associated with new generation star formation. In this context, we present here a multi-wavelength analysis of a faint and red nebulosity Sh2-242 (S242), located at a distance of 2.1 kpc in Taurus constellation. S242 is a moderately populated region evolving with low-to-high mass ranges pre-main sequence sources, distributed in an embedded, high extinction region. Using optical and infrared data, we have estimated few critical parameters of the region. From optical to MIR colour-colour, colour-magnitude diagrams, spectral energy distribution, spectral features, and extinction map analysis, we reveal the evolutionary structure of S242. |