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The stellar content of NGC 3603
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
At the heart of the galactic giant H II region NGC 3603, low-mass (1–4 M⊙) stars slowly contract toward the main sequence, while peacefully cohabiting with the three most luminous, hydrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet stars in the Galaxy, a dozen hot O3–4 stars and their more modest but numerous O and B companions. This is the story of a very young and dense starburst cluster …
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- Part 4. Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars in the Galactic Center and in Local Group giant H II regions (individual stars)
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