Massive star formation in the infrared-bright galaxy NGC 972

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2320-2330

  Ravindranath, Swara ^a   Prabhu, Tushar P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 972); Galaxies: starburst; H II regions; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040942615     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300355     Document Type: Article

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