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Cecilia Fariņa |
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In this talk I am going to present a near infrared study performed with photometric data derived from NIRI images. The study was mainly focused on the detection and characterization of the youngest stellar component of the giant star-forming region NGC 604. Located in M33, at a distance of 840 kpc, NGC 604 is known to host a stellar population of more than 200 OB stars immerse in a complex environment. By means of the photometry derived from the images in JHKs bands we have found around 45 candidate massive young stellar objects. The spatial distribution of these sources matches the areas where previous studies suggested that star formation might be taking place. The NIRI narrow band images were used to generate detailed extinction maps of the whole region. New proposals with NIFS and GNIRS were presented to continue with the study of some particularly interesting objects within NGC 604. |