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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.
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).
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 ...
NGC 4332 is a barred spiral galaxy [2] and a starburst galaxy [3] located 128 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 20, 1790. [4] NGC 4332 is host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 9.5 × 10 7 solar masses. [5]
IC 10 is the only known starburst galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies; it has many more Wolf–Rayet stars per square kiloparsec (5.1 stars/kpc 2) than the Large Magellanic Cloud (2.0 stars/kpc 2) or the Small Magellanic Cloud (0.9 stars/kpc 2).
HFLS3 is the name for a distant galaxy at z = 6.34 (i.e. 12.8 billion light-years), originating about 880 million years after the Big Bang. [2] Its discovery was announced on 18 April 2013 as an exceptional starburst galaxy producing nearly 3,000 solar masses of stars a year. [2]
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This galaxy is 56 million light years away from Earth. It is the main galaxy in the NGC 908 group, which also includes NGC 899, NGC 907, and IC 223. [4] NGC 908 has vigorous star formation and is a starburst galaxy. The galaxy has a three-arm spiral pattern; two of its arms have peculiar morphology. The galaxy has a bright central bulge.