| I Zw 36 |
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![]() I Zw 36, by Hubble Telescope |
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| Right ascension | 12h 26m 16.02s |
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| Declination | ±48° 29′ 36.6″ |
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| Redshift | 0.000941 |
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| Notable features | Blue compact galaxy also known as Markarian 209, with not so many stars |
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| Markarian 209, PG 1223+488, UGCA 281, LEDA 40665, TC 211, Haro 29, Im 98[1] |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies |
I Zwicky 36 (often shortened to I Zw 36) is a blue compact dwarf galaxy, meaning that it is small for a galaxy, that its stars are close together and that it gives off blue light. The stars in I Zwicky 36 are young for stars, no older than three million years.[2]
Recent observations
Astronomers studied I Zw 36 (≈Z⊙/14) using the Hubble Space Telescope. Before that, they took pictures using ultraviolet light using the pre-COST Faint Object Camera (FOC) and Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). FOC seemed to show that I Zw 36 had large, hot stars but NICMOS said it had cold stars that were small or medium sized. Some evidence shows the stars were active and then the galaxy became compact and blue. The evidence of luminous and asymptotic branches of stars suggests they formed several million years ago. The giant red branches of the galaxy may have at least 1-2 billion years.[3]
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