Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)
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Massive stars unveil the origin of the giant gas ring in Leo

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  • Edvige Corbelli
Edvige Corbelli
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-13089

Published 2021-09-21

Keywords

  • Intergalactic medium,
  • HII regions,
  • galaxies

How to Cite

Corbelli, E. (2021). Massive stars unveil the origin of the giant gas ring in Leo. Il Colle Di Galileo, 10(2), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-13089
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Abstract

The origin of the most extended intergalactic cloud of the local Universe, the Leo ring, has been debated for about 40 years. It has a gas mass equivalent to that of a galaxy but no extended optical counterpart. Recent observations with integral field spectroscopy have localized small star formation sites with young, massive stars in the cloud. The light from the hot gas in their proximity has the footprints of heavy elements with abundances close to solar ones, unveiling the long-standing mystery of the origin of this giant ring.

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