New Angle-Australian Telescope near-infrared and Swedish-ESO Submillimetre
Telescope (CO)-C-12 J = 2 --> 1 observations are combined with existing Inf
rared Space Observatory mid-infrared and Australia Telescope Compact Array
centimeter radio continuum observations to examine the protostellar content
of the Bok globule BHR 71. Together with observations of Herbig-Haro objec
ts, these data show the following: (1) Two protostellar sources, IRS 1 and
IRS 2, with a separation of similar to 17" (3400 AU) are located within BHR
71. (2) Each protostar is driving its own molecular outflow. The outflow f
rom IRS 1 is much larger in extent, is more massive, and dominates the CO e
mission. (3) Both protostars are associated with Herbig-Haro objects and sh
ock-excited 2.122 mum H-2 upsilon = 1-0 S(1) emission, which coincide spati
ally with their CO outflows. (4) IRS 1 is associated with centimeter contin
uum emission, with a flat or rising spectrum, which is consistent with free
-free emission, a signpost of protostellar origin.