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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 579, Issue 2, Pages L75-L78Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/345336
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galaxies : starburst; galaxies : stellar content; stars : Wolf Rayet; ultraviolet : galaxies
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We present UV images and spectra of the starburst galaxy I Zw 18, taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. The high spatial resolution of these data allows us to isolate clusters containing Wolf-Rayet stars of the subtype WC. Our far-UV spectra clearly show C IV lambdalambda1548, 1551 and He II lambda1640 emission of WC stars in two clusters: one within the bright (northwest) half of I Zw 18 and one on the outskirts of this region. The latter spectrum is unusual because the C IV is seen only in emission, indicating a spectrum dominated by WC stars. These data also demonstrate that the H I column in I Zw 18 is strongly peaked in the fainter (southeast) half of I Zw 18, with a column depth far larger than that reported in previous analyses.
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