Galaktyka gwiazdotwórcza
Galaktyki Czułki - przykład intensywnej burzy gwiazdowej w wyniku kolizji dwóch galaktyk NGC 4038 i NGC 4039 (NASA/ESA)
Galaktyka gwiazdotwórcza (ang. Starburst galaxy) – galaktyka, w której zachodzi wyjątkowo intensywny proces formowania nowych gwiazd w porównaniu z procesem powstawania gwiazd obserwowanym w większości galaktyk. Proces ten jest zwykle skutkiem kolizji lub bliskiego spotkania dwóch galaktyk. Przykładami galaktyk, w których występują niezwykle intensywne procesy powstawania gwiazd, są Galaktyka Cygaro, Galaktyki Czułki, IC 10 czy Haro 11.
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Original caption from NASA: “This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038 & 4039) is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of the collision, billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.”
“ The two spiral galaxies started to interact a few hundred million years ago, making the Antennae galaxies one of the nearest and youngest examples of a pair of colliding galaxies. Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae image are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. The orange blobs to the left and right of image center are the two cores of the original galaxies and consist mainly of old stars criss-crossed by filaments of dust, which appear brown in the image. The two galaxies are dotted with brilliant blue star-forming regions surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, appearing in the image in pink.”
Original caption from NASA: “This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038 & 4039) is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of the collision, billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.”
“ The two spiral galaxies started to interact a few hundred million years ago, making the Antennae galaxies one of the nearest and youngest examples of a pair of colliding galaxies. Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae image are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. The orange blobs to the left and right of image center are the two cores of the original galaxies and consist mainly of old stars criss-crossed by filaments of dust, which appear brown in the image. The two galaxies are dotted with brilliant blue star-forming regions surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, appearing in the image in pink.”
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Galaxy NGC 1569 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Galaxy NGC 1569 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope