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H II Region Luminosity Function of the Interacting Galaxy M51

  • Authors: Jong Hwan Lee, Narae Hwang, and Myung Gyoon Lee

Lee, Hwang, & Lee 2011 The Astrophysical Journal 735 75.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Gray-scale map of the continuum-subtracted Hα image of M51. North is up and east to the left. The field of view is 7 farcm2 × 10 farcm2. Bright discrete H ii regions outline the spiral arms of NGC 5194, while NGC 5195 is surrounded by faint diffuse emission.

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