2D mapping of ice species in molecular cores

In dense cores, much of the molecular material is frozen on the surface of dust grains. AKARI allows the simultaneous observation of multiple lines of site (los) through a core. We observed a 1’x1’ region towards 20 cores, between 2.5–5.0 μm. Data was reduced using our own pipeline (Noble et al. in prep.), producing spectra for 31 los