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arxiv: astro-ph/0309571 · v1 · submitted 2003-09-22 · 🌌 astro-ph

The Cartwheel ring under X-ray light

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keywords ringcartwheeldetectedluminosityacis-sactivityannulararchetypical
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The Cartwheel, archetypical ring galaxy with strong star formation activity concentrated in a peculiar annular structure, has been imaged with the CHANDRA ACIS-S instrument. We present here preliminary results, that confirm the high luminosity detected earlier with the ROSAT HRI. Many bright isolated sources are visible in the star-forming ring. A diffuse component at luminosity of the order of 10E.40 cgs is also detected.

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