The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium

Thronson, Jr, H A; Hunter, D A; Casey, S; Harper, D A; Latter, W B

doi:10.1086/167337

Title: The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium

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The 100- and 160-micron continuum emission from cool dust in the interacting gas-rich pair of galaxies, NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, was mapped. Visual continuum and H-alpha images of the pair were obtained. The state of the interstellar medium and the rate and efficiency of star formation are investigated. 49 refs.

Authors:: Thronson, Jr, H A; Hunter, D A; Casey, S; Harper, D A; Latter, W B

Publication Date:: Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

Research Org.:: Wyoming Infrared Observatory, Laramie (USA); Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ (USA); Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI (USA); Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5856027

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophys. J.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 339

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; COSMIC DUST; EMISSION SPECTRA; ENERGY SPECTRA; INFRARED SPECTRA; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; SPECTROSCOPY; STAR EVOLUTION; VISIBLE SPECTRA; BASIC INTERACTIONS; DUSTS; INTERACTIONS; SPACE; SPECTRA; 640105* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Galaxies

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                    Thronson, Jr, H A, Hunter, D A, Casey, S, Harper, D A, and Latter, W B. The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium.  United States: N. p., 1989. 
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                    Thronson, Jr, H A, Hunter, D A, Casey, S, Harper, D A, & Latter, W B. The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1086/167337

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                    Thronson, Jr, H A, Hunter, D A, Casey, S, Harper, D A, and Latter, W B. 1989.  
        "The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1086/167337.

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  title        = {The interacting galaxy pair NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 - star formation and the interstellar medium},

  author       = {Thronson, Jr, H A and Hunter, D A and Casey, S and Harper, D A and Latter, W B},

  abstractNote = {The 100- and 160-micron continuum emission from cool dust in the interacting gas-rich pair of galaxies, NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, was mapped. Visual continuum and H-alpha images of the pair were obtained. The state of the interstellar medium and the rate and efficiency of star formation are investigated. 49 refs.},

  doi          = {10.1086/167337},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5856027},
  journal      = {Astrophys. J.; (United States)},
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  volume       = 339,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},

  month        = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}

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