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Far-ultraviolet MAMA detector imagery and emission-line CCD imagery of NGC 6240An image of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 at 1480 A was obtained using a multianode microchannel array (MAMA) detector with a rocket-borne telescope. At distances greater than 12 arcsec from the nucleus, the measured ultraviolet luminosity implies intensive star formation activity equal to 2-3 times that of a spiral galaxy such as M83. Optical images in the H-beta and forbidden O III 5007 A emission lines reveal a region of high excitation east of the nucleus between the centers of disks 1 and 2 as described by Bland-Hawthorn et al.
Document ID
19920057174
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Smith, Andrew M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hill, Robert S.
(Hughes STX Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Vrba, Frederick J.
(U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Timothy, J. G.
(Stanford University CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 391
Issue: 2 Ju
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
92A39798
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 188-41-24
PROJECT: RTOP 458-5060
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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