Spatially Resolved Recent Star Formation History in NGC 6946

Spatially Resolved Recent Star Formation History in NGC 6946

The nearby face-on star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 6946 is known as the Fireworks Galaxy due to its hosting an unusually large number of supernovae. We analyze its resolved near-ultraviolet stellar photometry measured from images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 with the F2...

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Main Authors: Debby Tran, Benjamin Williams, Emily Levesque, Margaret Lazzarini, Julianne Dalcanton, Andrew Dolphin, Brad Koplitz, Adam Smercina, O. Grace Telford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Star formation
Spiral galaxies
Galaxy evolution
Stellar populations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aced44

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aced44

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