We present a multiwavelength study of the massive star forming region associated with IRAS 06055+2039 which reveals an interesting scenario of this complex where regions are at different stages of evolution of star formation .
Narrow band near-infrared ( NIR ) observations were carried out with UKIRT-UFTI in molecular hydrogen and Br \gamma lines to trace the shocked and ionized gases respectively .
We have used 2MASS JHK _ { s } data to study the nature of the embedded cluster associated with IRAS 06055+2039 .
We obtain a power-law slope of 0.43 \pm 0.09 for the K _ { s } -band Luminosity Function ( KLF ) which is in good agreement with other young embedded clusters .
We estimate an age of 2 – 3 Myr for this cluster .
The radio emission from the ionized gas has been mapped at 610 and 1280 MHz using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope ( GMRT ) , India .
Apart from the diffuse emission , the high resolution 1280 MHz map also shows the presence of several discrete sources which possibly represent high density clumps .
The morphology of shocked molecular hydrogen forms an arc towards the N-E of the central IRAS point source and envelopes the radio emission .
Submillimetre emission using JCMT-SCUBA show the presence of a dense cloud core which is probably at an earlier evolutionary stage compared to the ionized region with shocked molecular gas lying in between the two .
Emission from warm dust and the Unidentified Infrared Bands ( UIBs ) have been estimated using the mid-infrared ( 8 – 21 \mu m ) data from the MSX survey .
From the submillimetre emission at 450 and 850 \mu m the total mass of the cloud is estimated to be \sim 7000 – 9000 M _ { \odot } .