Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...350..149d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 350, Feb. 10, 1990, p. 149-154.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
61
Compact Galaxies, Emission Spectra, H Alpha Line, Oxygen Spectra, Star Formation, Blue Stars, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Structure
Scientific paper
The results of sky limited emission-line (H-alpha and forbidden O III 5007A) and line-free (6450 A and 5100 A) continuum imagery of the super-metal-poor blue compact galaxy I Zw 18 are reported. The main body of star formation in the galaxy is surrounded by a 3 kpc diameter extended envelope in H-alpha. In addition, there exist arcs of emission emanating from both central H II regions and winding around to the west, as well as a broader ridge of emission extending northward from the main body. The total mass of ionized material is estimated to be 3 x 10 to the 6th solar masses, or about 5 percent of the mass of the observed H I clouds. Several extended stellar continuum regions exist to the northwest of the main body, the brightest three forming a line along PA = 310 deg out to a 3 kpc distance from the central region of the galaxy. The correlation of the morphology and location of stellar continuum and emission regions with the distribution of H I is discussed. It is calculated that I Zw 18 has had previous, but disconnected, episodes of star formation, possibly from chance collisions of widely separated H I clouds.
Dufour Reginald James
Hester Jeff J.
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