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The Starburst-Interstellar Medium Interaction of NGC 1569 I. Location and Nature of He II Sources Using Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Imagery

Brent A. Buckalew·Reginald J. Dufour·Patrick L. Shopbell·Donald K. Walter
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We present the detection of He II sources in the Im galaxy NGC 1569 from HST WFPC2 imagery. Out of the fifteen detections, seven were Wolf-Rayet stars, five were stellar clusters with associated He II emission, and three were sources of unknown origin. The detected Wolf-Rayet stars' colors and magnitudes are similar to Large Magellanic Cloud late-type WN stars. The physical origin of the other He II sources are discussed. We conclude that the equivalent of 51+/-19 WNL stars have been detected in NGC 1569, and we have estimated the total Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 1569 as 78+/-51. These numbers are compared with the Wolf-Rayet stellar populations in the SMC, LMC, Milky Way, and other starburst galaxies relative to their luminosities, dynamical masses, and ionized gas masses. Previous to this study, Wolf-Rayet stars in NGC 1569 were not detected using ground-based imagery, but were only indicated through longslit spectroscopy. This is the first time the exact locations of the Wolf-Rayet stars in this nearby, well-studied, "post-starburst" galaxy have been determined.

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Brent A. Buckalew, Reginald J. Dufour, Patrick L. Shopbell, Donald K. Walter. 2000-09-14. The Starburst-Interstellar Medium Interaction of NGC 1569 I. Location and Nature of He II Sources Using Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Imagery. https://doi.org/10.1086/316820

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