Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982mnras.198..535b&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 198, P. 535, 1982
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
50
Scientific paper
New data are presented on the morphology and ionization structure and kinematics of II Zw 40, a "detached extragalactic H II region". They show a core-halo structure with the ionizing stars embedded in a small nucleus and a halo composed of small optically thick filaments. Direct plates show two tails protruding from this halo. This optical structure is interpreted as an interaction between two extremely small galaxies. This encounter would then be the cause of the present burst of star formation.
Baldwin John A.
Spinrad Hyron
Terlevich Robert
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