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The stellar content of NGC 3603

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Laurent Drissen
Laurent Drissen*
Affiliation:
Département de Physique and Observatoire du Mont Mégantic, Université Laval, Québec, Qc G1K 7P4, Canada

Abstract

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At the heart of the galactic giant H II region NGC 3603, low-mass (1–4 M⊙) stars slowly contract toward the main sequence, while peacefully cohabiting with the three most luminous, hydrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galaxy, a dozen hot O3–4 stars and their more modest but numerous O and B companions. This is the story of a very young and dense starburst cluster …

Type
Part 4. Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars in the Galactic Center and in Local Group giant H II regions (individual stars)
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 403 - 411
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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