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Supplying Gas for Nuclear Star Formation: The Central Molecular Spiral of IC 342

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. A. Levine ,
J. L. Turner  and
R. L. Hurt
D. A. Levine
Affiliation:
Infrared Processing & Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and UCLA
J. L. Turner
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024
R. L. Hurt
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024

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IC 342 is a large nearby (1.8Mpc) spiral galaxy undergoing a moderate nuclear starburst. Previous maps of the inner arc minute in 13CO (1→0) show that the nuclear molecular gas forms spiral arms approximately 500 pc in extent in a density wave pattern (Turner & Hurt, 1992).

Type
3. Astronomical Results and Prospects
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 140: Astronomy with Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Interferometry , 1994 , pp. 339 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1994

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