IR to mm observations of IRAS 18317-0757

The global infrared through millimeter spectral energy distribution can be approximated by a two-temperature model (25 and 63K) with a total luminosity of approximately log(L/L_{sun}_)=5.2. Previous submillimeter imaging resolved this region into a cluster of five dust cores, one of which is associated with the ultracompact HII region G23.955+0.150, and another with a water maser.

In our new 2.7mm continuum image obtained with BIMA, only the UCHII region is detected, with total flux and morphology in good agreement with the free-free emission in the VLA centimeter-wave maps. For the other four objects, the nondetections at 2.7mm and in the MSX mid-infrared bands are consistent with cool dust emission with a temperature of 13-40K and a luminosity of 1000-40000L_{sun}_. By combining single-dish and interferometric data, we have identified over two dozen virialized C^18^O cores in this region that contain ~40% of the total molecular gas mass present.