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Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is the second-largest member of the M81 Group , with the D 25 isophotal diameter of 12.52 kiloparsecs (40,800 light-years ).
The Antennae Galaxies are an example of a starburst galaxy occurring from the collision of NGC 4038/NGC 4039. Credit: NASA/ESA. A starburst galaxy is one undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy, or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies.
NGC 3125 is a large starburst galaxy in the constellation Antlia.It is located approximately 50 million light-years away from Earth.Starburst galaxies are galaxies in which unusually high numbers of new stars are forming, springing to life within intensely hot clouds of gas.
Starburst regions can occur in different shapes, for example in Messier 94 the inner ring is a starburst region. [5] Messier 82 has a starburst core of about 600 parsec in diameter. [3] Starbursts are common during galaxy mergers such as the Antennae Galaxies. In the case of mergers, the starburst can either be local or galaxy-wide depending on ...
MCG +07-33-027 is an isolated spiral galaxy [2] located about 330 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Hercules. [4] It has a very high rate of star formation which would make it a starburst galaxy. Normally, starburst galaxies are triggered by the collision of another galaxy.
UGC 6697 is a large irregular [1] spiral galaxy with a bar [2] located in the Leo constellation. [3] It is located 378 million light-years from the Solar System and has an estimated diameter of 205,000 light-years. [4] UGC 6697 is considered a starburst galaxy which produces high rates of star formation.
It is a starburst galaxy and it is likely that NGC 3310 collided with one of its satellite galaxies about 100 million years ago, triggering widespread star formation. It is thought to be located approximately 46 million light-years away from the Earth , and is thought to be about 22,000 light-years wide.
It is also important to consider the morphology of the galaxy when attempting to measure its size – an issue that has been raised by the Russian astrophysicist B.A. Vorontsov-Vel'Yaminov in 1961, which considers separate determination methods in measuring the sizes of spiral and elliptical galaxies. [2]