Cartwheel Galaxy

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4826.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4826. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Galaxy Formation And Evolution

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A peculiar galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor that derives its name from its wheel-like appearance. The Cartwheel has a ring-shaped `rim', 150 000 light-years in diameter, that contains billions of recently formed stars and which is dominated by massive clusters of bright blue stars and HII regions. The nucleus, or `hub' of the galaxy contains a predominantly older population of stars and is...

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