Average Star Formation Parameters in the Local Volume of the Universe

Abstract

Based on the fluxes of 1400 nearby galaxies observed in far ultraviolet (FUV) and in the H\(\alpha\) line, we determined the global star formation rate per unit Universe volume, \(j_{\textrm{SFR}}=(1.34\pm 0.16)\times 10^{-2}M_{\odot}\) yr\({}^{-1}\) Mpc\({}^{-3}\). With the current star formation rate (\({SFR}\)), (\(65\pm 4)\%\) of the observed stellar mass is reproduced in the cosmological time of 13.8 billion years. The neutral gas reserves in the Local Volume with a radius of 11 Mpc will facilitate the current \({SFR}\) on a scale of approximately another 5 billion years.