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Intergalactic star formation around NGC 5291

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Médéric Boquien ,
Pierre-Alain Duc ,
Jonathan Braine ,
Elias Brinks ,
Vassilis Charmandaris  and
Ute Lisenfeld
Médéric Boquien
Affiliation:
AIM – Unité Mixte de Recherche CEA – CNRS – Université Paris VII – UMR n 7158 CEA/Saclay; DSM/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay L'Orme des Merisiers Bat. 709, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Pierre-Alain Duc
Affiliation:
AIM – Unité Mixte de Recherche CEA – CNRS – Université Paris VII – UMR n 7158 CEA/Saclay; DSM/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay L'Orme des Merisiers Bat. 709, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jonathan Braine
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Bordeaux, UMR 5804, CNRS/INSU, B.P. 89, F-33270 Floirac, France
Elias Brinks
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
Vassilis Charmandaris
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Crete, GR-71003, Heraklion, Greece
Ute Lisenfeld
Affiliation:
Dept. de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Numerous instances of intergalactic star forming regions have been recently reported (see Duc et al. in this proceedings book). They are fueled by gaseous material expelled from parent galaxies. One spectacular example is the HI ring-like structure around the interacting system NGC 5291 (Malphrus et al. 1997) which hosts numerous HII regions (Duc & Mirabel 1998). In order to study how star formation proceeds in this specific environment, we have combined ultraviolet (Galex), Hα, 8 μm (Spitzer) and HI (VLA B-array) images of this system.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 398
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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