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IC 10: a starburst galaxy resolved into individual stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Deidre A. Hunter*
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

Abstract

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We present a preliminary analysis of HST images of the Local Group galaxy IC 10. IC 10 has an unusual Wolf-Rayet star population and is believed to be undergoing a starburst. Nevertheless, stars to at least 6.5 M are seen and the young star clusters are comparable in richness and spatial concentration to LMC populous clusters.

Type
Part 4. Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars in the Galactic Center and in Local Group giant H II regions (individual stars)
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999