2004A&A...417..605P

We present here a complete dust map of L183 (=L134N) with opacities ranging from A_V=3 to 150mag. Five peaks are identified as being related to known molecular peaks and among these dust peaks two are liable to form stars. The main peak is a prestellar core with a density profile proportional to/r up to a radius of ∼4500AU and the northern peak could possibly be on its way to form a prestellar core. If true, this is the first example of the intermediate steps between cloud cores and prestellar cores during the quasi-static contraction. Additionally, the low dust temperature of the core reported in Pagani et al. (2003A&A...406L..59P) is confirmed, and the ISOPHOT data are shown to be inappropriate for finding such cores. In the inner core, T_dust≃7.5K and could be as low as 6.7K.