Spectroscopy of the nuclei of the super-starburst galaxy NGC 6240.
Abstract
The authors present the first spatially resolved spectra of the two nuclei in NGC 6240. These spectra firmly establish NGC 6240 as two galaxies in the process of merging. Both nuclei show starburst activity.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985A&A...152L..14F
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Celestial Mechanics;
- Galactic Nuclei;
- Protostars;
- Starburst Galaxies;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Brightness;
- Emission Spectra;
- Line Spectra;
- Astrophysics