We present a preliminary analysis of the small-scale structure found in new 70-520 \mu m continuum maps of the Rosette molecular cloud ( RMC ) , obtained with the SPIRE and PACS instruments of the Herschel Space Observatory .
We find 473 clumps within the RMC using a new structure identification algorithm , with sizes up to \sim 1.0 pc in diameter .
A comparison with recent Spitzer maps reveals that 371 clumps are “ starless ” ( without an associated young stellar object ) , while 102 are “ protostellar. ” Using the respective values of dust temperature , we determine the clumps have masses ( M _ { C } ) over the range -0.75 \leq log ( M _ { C } /M _ { \odot } ) \leq 2.50 .
Linear fits to the high-mass tails of the resulting clump mass spectra ( CMS ) have slopes that are consistent with those found for high-mass clumps identified in CO emission by other groups .