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Jul 1994
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HST Proposal ID #5691
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Hst Proposal Id #5691 Stellar Populations Massive Stars/Bursts
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Starburst galaxies are ideal laboratories to study both the physics of massive stars and processes important in galaxy formation and evolution. Observations of these galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths are crucial to our understanding of the starburst phenomenon, because only in this spectral regime can we directly observe the spectroscopic signatures of the hot, massive stars that power the emission at other wavebands. Indeed, we believe that the investigation of the UV properties of starburst galaxies is one of the most valuable tasks to be undertaken with HST. We have identified what we believe to be an optimal sample of the UV-brightest starburst galaxies in the local universe. These span as broad a range as possible in metal abundance and starburst luminosity. We describe an HST program designed to both give us a broad overview of the UV properties and stellar content of starbursts and to answer some important specific questions about starbursts. We anticipate that observations like these will be the prelude to a decade of fundamental and exciting HST research on massive stars and starburst galaxies.
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