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view Abstract Citations (37) References (58) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Structural similarities among nearby giant HII regions. Hunter, D. A. ; Galagher, J. S., III Abstract The authors discuss the similarities in morphology and stellar content of a number of giant H II regions in several nearby late-type spiral and irregular galaxies. These are suggestive of parallel evolutionary developments in very large star-forming complexes which are located in gas-rich galaxies. The similarities between regions in galaxies with different global galactic properties, e.g., the presence of spiral arms, implies that star formation is primarily a local process which is independent of the mechanism responsible for initiating the star-formation process. The characteristics of individual giant H II complexes are found to be most consistent with sustained formation of relatively normal OB stars over time periods of at least several million years. Publication: The Astronomical Journal Pub Date: January 1985 DOI: 10.1086/113711 Bibcode: 1985AJ.....90...80H Keywords: Extragalactic Radio Sources; Galactic Structure; H Ii Regions; Star Distribution; Stellar Evolution; H Alpha Line; Interstellar Gas; Morphology; Spectrophotometry; Spiral Galaxies; Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (9) NED (7)
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