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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 ...
The average mass of these clusters is around 200,000 solar masses, hence the starburst core is a very energetic and high-density environment. [7] Throughout the galaxy's center, young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside the entire Milky Way Galaxy. [18] In the core of M82, the active starburst region spans a diameter of ...
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.
Starburst most often refers to: Starburst region , a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation Starburst galaxy , a galaxy with an exceptionally high rate of star formation
The nucleus and circumnuclear region of NGC 2782 display starburst activity, with bar of the galaxy providing gas to the nucleus. [2] The active galactic nucleus is hidden by a compact high-column-density absorber and a H2O maser is associated with it. [3]
Hen 2-10 is a starburst galaxy featuring at least two star-forming regions near the center of the galaxy. [6] These regions feature a variety of different substances, and multiple super star clusters. A study of some of these SSCs estimates their age to be between 4 and 5 megayears. [7]
NGC 4102 has a region of intense star formation in the nuclear region, known as a starburst region. [6] This volume is 1,000 ly (310 pc) in diameter containing some 3 billion solar masses. [13] An outflow of hydrogen has been detected, extending outward to the northwest as far as 6.3 kpc (21 kly) from the nucleus. [14]
The radiation from the molecular gas is coming from a flattened disk at the center of the galaxy with a radius of 550 pc. This is also the starburst region of the galaxy. The gas is heated both by activity in the AGN and by the newly forming stars. [2] APM is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG).