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HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF ACCRETION-INDUCED STAR FORMATION IN THE TADPOLE GALAXY KISO 5639

  • Authors: Debra Meloy Elmegreen, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Jorge Sánchez Almeida, Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón, Jairo Mendez-Abreu, John S. Gallagher, Marc Rafelski, Mercedes Filho, and Daniel Ceverino

2016 The Astrophysical Journal 825 145.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 7.

The 5 main regions in Kiso 5639, plus 4 interclump regions, are indicated on the F438W image. The head is more massive and younger than the other regions; the interclump regions are the oldest. Their properties are listed in Table 2.

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