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Starburst region

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31: 85: 417: 441: 429: 54:. A starburst is an astrophysical process that involves star formation occurring at a rate that is large compared to the rate that is typically observed. This starburst activity will consume the available interstellar gas supply over a timespan that is much shorter than the lifetime of the galaxy. For example, the nebula 313:
Lebouteiller, V.; Bernard-Salas, J.; Brandl, B.; Whelan, D. G.; Wu, Y.; Charmandaris, V.; Devost, D.; Houck, J. R. (2008-06-10). "Chemical composition and mixing in giant HII regions: NGC3603, 30Doradus, and N66".
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Robitaille, Thomas; Whitney, Barbara (2010). "The present-day star formation rate of the Milky-Way determined from Spitzer detected young stellar objects".
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per million years. Due to the high amount of star formation a starburst is usually accompanied by much higher gas pressure and a larger ratio of
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in which the gas pressure is 100 times greater than in the local neighborhood, and it is forming stars at about the same rate as the entire
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in a region only about 600 parsecs (2,000 ly) across. At this rate M82 will consume its 200 million
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has a starburst core of about 600 parsec in diameter. Starbursts are common during
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Starbursts can occur in entire galaxies or just regions of space. For example, the
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per million years compared to the star formation rate of the entire
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Starburst regions can occur in different shapes, for example in
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of atomic and molecular hydrogen in 100 million years (its
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is a region of space that is undergoing a large amount of
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which has one of the highest star formation rates in the
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C. Muñoz-Tuñón; N. Caon; J. Aguerri; L. Alfonso (2004).
164: – Starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major 405: 172: – Possible type of luminous blue compact galaxy 91:, the largest starburst region in the local group. 184: – H II region in the constellation Dorado 58:has a star formation rate estimated to be 3600 202:"NOAO: NGC 6334 – A Mini Starburst Region? |" 8: 27:Region of faster than normal star formation 394: 327: 238: 412: 193: 134:the inner ring is a starburst region. 7: 272: 270: 268: 266: 25: 439: 427: 415: 1: 38:, a dwarf irregular galaxy ( 257:10.1088/2041-8205/710/1/L11 81:than are usually observed. 478: 290:Cambridge University Press 316:The Astrophysical Journal 227:The Astrophysical Journal 286:Galaxies in the Universe 66:of about seven million 105:Large Magellanic Cloud 92: 43: 87: 33: 18:Starburst (astronomy) 374:Astronomical Journal 387:2004AJ....127...58M 338:2008ApJ...680..398L 282:Gallagher, John III 249:2010ApJ...710L..11R 176:Super star cluster 93: 44: 462:Stellar astronomy 299:978-0-521-67186-6 144:Antennae Galaxies 16:(Redirected from 469: 444: 443: 442: 432: 431: 420: 419: 418: 411: 401: 400: 398: 364: 358: 357: 331: 310: 304: 303: 274: 261: 260: 242: 222: 216: 215: 213: 212: 198: 182:Tarantula Nebula 156:Starburst galaxy 97:Tarantula Nebula 89:Tarantula Nebula 72:hydrogen cyanide 48:starburst region 21: 477: 476: 472: 471: 470: 468: 467: 466: 452: 451: 450: 440: 438: 426: 416: 414: 406: 404: 366: 365: 361: 312: 311: 307: 300: 292:. p. 289. 276: 275: 264: 224: 223: 219: 210: 208: 200: 199: 195: 191: 152: 76:carbon monoxide 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 475: 473: 465: 464: 454: 453: 449: 448: 436: 424: 403: 402: 396:10.1086/380610 359: 346:10.1086/587503 322:(1): 398–419. 305: 298: 262: 233:(1): L11–L15. 217: 192: 190: 187: 186: 185: 179: 173: 167: 166: 165: 151: 148: 140:galaxy mergers 125:free-fall time 79:emission-lines 52:star formation 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 474: 463: 460: 459: 457: 447: 437: 435: 430: 425: 423: 413: 409: 397: 392: 388: 384: 380: 376: 375: 370: 363: 360: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 335: 330: 325: 321: 317: 309: 306: 301: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 278:Sparke, Linda 273: 271: 269: 267: 263: 258: 254: 250: 246: 241: 236: 232: 228: 221: 218: 207: 203: 197: 194: 188: 183: 180: 177: 174: 171: 168: 163: 160: 159: 157: 154: 153: 149: 147: 145: 141: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 90: 86: 82: 80: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 41: 37: 34:Starburst in 32: 19: 381:(1): 58–74. 378: 372: 362: 319: 315: 308: 288:. New York: 285: 230: 226: 220: 209:. Retrieved 205: 196: 142:such as the 129: 121:solar masses 94: 68:solar masses 60:solar masses 47: 45: 446:Outer space 206:noirlab.edu 109:Local Group 211:2021-04-15 189:References 170:Pea galaxy 162:Messier 82 136:Messier 82 132:Messier 94 113:Messier 82 422:Astronomy 354:0004-637X 329:0710.4549 240:1001.3672 117:Milky Way 64:Milky Way 456:Category 284:(2007). 150:See also 56:NGC 6334 36:NGC 1569 408:Portals 383:Bibcode 334:Bibcode 245:Bibcode 103:in the 42:photo). 352:  296:  101:nebula 434:Stars 324:arXiv 235:arXiv 99:is a 350:ISSN 294:ISBN 40:NASA 391:doi 379:127 342:doi 320:680 253:doi 231:710 127:). 74:to 458:: 389:. 377:. 371:. 348:. 340:. 332:. 318:. 280:; 265:^ 251:. 243:. 229:. 204:. 46:A 410:: 399:. 393:: 385:: 356:. 344:: 336:: 326:: 302:. 259:. 255:: 247:: 237:: 214:. 20:)

Index

Starburst (astronomy)

NGC 1569
NASA
star formation
NGC 6334
solar masses
Milky Way
solar masses
hydrogen cyanide
carbon monoxide
emission-lines

Tarantula Nebula
Tarantula Nebula
nebula
Large Magellanic Cloud
Local Group
Messier 82
Milky Way
solar masses
free-fall time
Messier 94
Messier 82
galaxy mergers
Antennae Galaxies
Starburst galaxy
Messier 82
Pea galaxy
Super star cluster

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