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A multi-line millimeter-wave study of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 4945 has been carried out using the Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope (SEST). The study covers the frequency range from 82 GHz to 354 GHz and includes 80 transitions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Wang , C. Henkel , Y. -N. Chin , J. Whiteoak , M. Cunningham , R. Mauersberger , D. Muders

We have obtained high-spatial resolution ultraviolet and optical STIS spectroscopy and imaging of the metal-rich nuclear starburst in NGC3049. The stellar continuum and the absorption line spectrum in the ultraviolet are used to constrain…

We present imaging spectroscopy of the "supernebula" in the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 with the MIRI-MRS integral field spectrometer of the JWST. NGC 5253 is host to an luminous ($L\sim 10^9~\rm L_\odot$) HII region, powered by a giant…

We study the far-infrared emission properties of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 based on IRAS maps and an ISOPHOT map at 180 microns. Based on the analysis of the light profiles, we have been able to identify three main structural…

The center of the nearby galaxy NGC\,253 hosts a population of more than a dozen super star clusters (SSCs) which are still in the process of forming. The majority of the star formation of the burst is concentrated in these SSCs, and the…

We present a study of the young population in the starburst galaxy NGC 253. In particular, we focused our attention on searching young star groups, obtaining their main properties and studying their hierarchical organization. For this task,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-18 M. J. Rodríguez , G. Baume , C. Feinstein

Arcsecond-resolution X-ray imaging of the nucleus of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 with Chandra reveals a well-collimated, strongly limb-brightened, kiloparsec-scale conical outflow from the central starburst region. The outflow is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 David K. Strickland , Timothy M. Heckman , Kimberly A. Weaver , Michael Dahlem

We present broad-band (U, V, I,and H) and narrow-band(H-alpha+[N II] and Paschen-alpha) images of the circumnuclear starburst rings in two nearby spiral galaxies, NGC 1512 and NGC 5248, obtained with WFPC2 and NICMOS on HST. Combined with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dan Maoz , Aaron J. Barth , Luis C. Ho , Amiel Sternberg , Alexei V. Filippenko

We present Br$\gamma$ emission line kinematics of the nuclear region of NGC 253, recently known to host a strong galactic wind that limits the global star formation of the galaxy. We obtained high-resolution long-slit spectroscopic data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-23 G. I. Günthardt , R. J. Díaz , M. P. Agüero , G. Gimeno , H. Dottori , J. A. Camperi

Prior to the launch of NuSTAR, it was not feasible to spatially resolve the hard (E > 10 keV) emission from galaxies beyond the Local Group. The combined NuSTAR dataset, comprised of three ~165 ks observations, allows spatial…

Because of its large angular size and proximity to the Milky Way, NGC 253, an archetypal starburst galaxy, provides an excellent laboratory to study the intricacies of this intense episode of star formation. We aim to characterize the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 M. J. F. Rosenberg , P. P. van der Werf , F. P. Israel

We study the extended nuclear emission of the starburst galaxy NGC 1365. A weak obscured AGN and a strong starburst both contribute to the observed X-ray, optical, infrared, and radio emission in the inner 2kpc. The X-ray emission is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-03-10 I. V. Strateva , S. Komossa

NGC 3603 is the optically brightest massive star forming region (SFR) in the Milky Way, representing a small scale starburst region. Studying young stars in regions like this allows us to assess how star and planet formation proceeds in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Ciarán Rogers , Guido de Marchi , Bernhard Brandl

We have collected archival data on NGC7673 to constrain the star-formation history that produced the young star clusters and the field stellar population in this galaxy during the last 2 Gyr. We have considered the sample of 50 star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Pasquali , P. Castangia

We present high spatial resolution near-infrared broad-band JHK and Br_gamma 2.166 micron and H_2 1-0 S(1) 2.121 micron emission line images of the circumnuclear star formation rings in the LINER/Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 1097 and the Seyfert 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. K. Kotilainen , J. Reunanen , S. Laine , S. D. Ryder

The nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC5253 hosts a number of young, massive star clusters, the two youngest of which are centrally concentrated and surrounded by thermal radio emission (the `radio nebula'). To investigate the role of these…

This paper presents the first high-resolution SiO map made in an external galaxy. The nucleus of the nearby barred spiral NGC253 has been observed simultaneously in the v=0, J=2-1 line of SiO and in the J=1-0 line of H13CO+ with the IRAM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 S. Garcia-Burillo , J. Martin-Pintado , A. Fuente , R. Neri

We present results of mid-infrared 5.0-16.5 micron spectrophotometric imaging of the starburst galaxies M82, NGC253, and NGC1808 from the ISOCAM instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory. The mid-infrared spectra of the three…

We observed Brackett $\alpha$ 4.05$\mu$m emission towards the supernebula in NGC 5253 with NIRSPEC on Keck II in adaptive optics mode, NIRSPAO, to probe feedback from its exciting embedded super star cluster (SSC). NIRSPEC's Slit-Viewing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 Daniel P. Cohen , Jean L. Turner , S. Michelle Consiglio , Emily C. Martin , Sara C. Beck