Abstract.
We present the results of a deep near-infrared imaging survey of the
Serpens Cloud made with FLAMINGOS at the 2.1 m telescope at Kitt
Peak National Observatory. We study the distribution of young
embedded sources using the nearest neighbor method applied to a
carefully selected sample of near-infrared excess (NIRX) stars that
trace the latest episode of star formation in the complex. Our
analysis finds the existence of six clusters, of which three are new
in the molecular cloud. We determined a median age for the cluster
to be 1-2 Myr at a mean distance of 300 pc.
Key words:embedded star clusters: Serpens -- NIR photometry --
Spitzer -- 2 mass