Physical Conditions and Star Formation Activity in the Intragroup Medium of Stephans Quintet

Xu, Chao-Nan; Lu, N; Condon, J.; Dopita, Michael; Tuffs, Richard J

Physical Conditions and Star Formation Activity in the Intragroup Medium of Stephans Quintet

Date

2003

Authors

Xu, Chao-Nan

Lu, N

Condon, J.

Dopita, Michael

Tuffs, Richard J

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

New multiband observations of the famous compact group of galaxies Stephan's Quintet (SQ) are presented and analyzed. These include far-infrared (FIR) images at 60 and 100 μm (ISOPHOT C100 camera), radio continuum images at 1.4 GHz (VLA B configuration)