藍緻密矮星系

藍緻密矮星系(BCD星系)是天文學上對擁有年輕、炙熱、大質量恆星組成大星團的小星系所給的名稱,而這些恆星使星系的顏色偏藍[1]。鄰近的例子有NGC 1705、NGC 2915和NGC 3353[1][2]。

來自哈伯太空望遠鏡的NGC 1705影像,是鄰近的藍緻密矮星系的例子。

參考資料

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  1. blue compact dwarf galaxy (BCD) (页面存档备份,存于), David Darling, entry in The Internet Encyclopedia of Science. Accessed on line October 14, 2007.
  2. Optical observations of NGC 2915: A nearby blue compact dwarf galaxy (页面存档备份,存于), G. R. Meurer, G. Mackie and C. Carignan, The Astronomical Journal 107, #6 (June 1994), pp. 2021–2035.
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