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Study Results from S.A. Pustilnik and Colleagues Update Understanding of Astronomy Research

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 10th, 2012

2012 JAN 10 -- "We present the results of a complex study of the low surface brightness dwarf (LSBD) gas-rich galaxies J0723+3621, J0737+4724 and J0852+1350, which reside in the nearby LynxCancer void. Their ratios M(H i)/LB, according to H i data obtained with the Nancay Radio Telescope (NRT), are respectively similar to 3.9, similar to 2 and similar to 2.6," scientists in Cape Town, South Africa report.

"For the two latter galaxies, we derived an oxygen abundance corresponding to the value of 12+log (O/H) 7.3, using spectra from the Russian 6-m telescope (BTA) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data base. We found two additional blue LSBDs,...

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