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Orchestration of Starbirth Activity in Disk Galaxies: New Perspectives from Ultraviolet Imaging

William H. Waller, Theodore P. Stecher, the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, Science Team

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9612119

Abstract

Ultraviolet imaging of nearby disk galaxies reveals the star-forming activity in these systems with unprecedented clarity. UV images recently obtained with the Shuttle-borne Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) reveal a remarkable variety of star-forming morphologies. The respective roles of tides, waves, and resonances in orchestrating the observed patterns of starbirth activity are discussed in terms of the extant UV data.

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