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  "abstract": "We present the first results from a JWST/NIRCam study of the star-forming region N159, one of the richest H II complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This region stretches over $\\sim$130 pc, and exemplifies large-scale sequential star formation. We present photometric results of $>$300,000 point sources combining data from ten near-infrared JWST filters spanning 1-4.7 microns. We detect sources as faint as $\\sim$27 magnitudes at F115W, corresponding to stellar masses reaching below $\\sim$0.1 $M_{\\odot}$. By constructing several color-magnitude and color-color diagrams, we separate young stars from main-sequence and older stars within N159, finding evidence for stellar populations younger than 0.5 Myr. Of the young population, we identify accreting, pre-main sequence stars from their Paschen-$α$ (Pa$α$) excess and a population of sources bearing strong infrared (IR) excess, representing candidate young stellar objects (YSOs). Within this population, we identify a subpopulation of sources with H$_2$O ice absorption. The IR-excess-bearing YSO candidates correlate spatially with dust filaments and molecular gas demonstrating their embedded state. The distribution of stellar and candidate YSO populations across N159 reveal more evolved star-forming populations in the N159E region and newer star formation in the N159W region, supporting the sequential star formation scenario for this region.",
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      "name": "Nolan Habel"
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    {
      "name": "E. Sabbi"
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    {
      "name": "Peter Zeidler"
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    {
      "name": "Tuila Ziliotto"
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    {
      "name": "Laurie Chu Margaret Meixner"
    },
    {
      "name": "Guido De Marchi"
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    {
      "name": "O. C. Jones"
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    {
      "name": "Alec S. Hirschauer"
    },
    {
      "name": "Beena Meena"
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    {
      "name": "Jeroen Jaspers"
    },
    {
      "name": "Laura Lenkic"
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    {
      "name": "Remy Indebetouw"
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    {
      "name": "Karl D. Gordon"
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    {
      "name": "Burcu Gunay"
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    {
      "name": "Suzanne Madden"
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    {
      "name": "James Muzerolle Page"
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    {
      "name": "Omnarayani Nayak"
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    {
      "name": "Antonella Nota"
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    {
      "name": "Theo Oneill"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massimo Robberto"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Wong"
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    {
      "name": "Petia Yanchulova Mercia-Jones"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/76xswhch9v22c.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2609.27126",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.27126",
  "pmcid": null,
  "pmid": null,
  "published": "2026-09-22",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/76xswhch9v22c.ris",
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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27126"
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "astronomy",
      "origin": "arxiv:astro-ph.GA",
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  "title": "Sequential Star-Formation and the Near-Infrared Stellar Populations within N159",
  "title_text": "Sequential Star-Formation and the Near-Infrared Stellar Populations within N159",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:23:56Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/76xswhch9v22c",
  "venue": "arXiv",
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