... Observing . ... Subscriber Extras . ... Web Extras . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Web Extra: Astronomers animate one of the largest galaxy clusters ever observed . ... At the center of the Phoenix Cluster, a large elliptical galaxy lurks where the hot gas is ejected, giving off unprecedented levels of X-rays, which have been observed by the orbiting Chandra X-ray telescope. ...

J/AstL/vol/page SAI Open Clusters Catalog (Glushkova+, 2009) ================================================================================ Automated search for star clusters in large multiband surveys. ... Color excesses E(B-V), distance moduli and ages were determined for 141 new and 27 known, but poorly studied clusters. We present the Sternberg Astronomical Institute Open Clusters Catalog (SAI OCL Catalog) of coordinates, diameters and main physical parameters of these clusters. ...

ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTIONS OF 331 OPEN CLUSTERS . ... The proper motions of stars in the fields of 331 open clusters were taken from Four-Million Star Catalog (4M-catalog) of positions and proper motions (Volchkov et al. ... The absolute proper motions for 21 young open clusters have been derived by comparison of precise relative proper motions of individual stars and their corresponding absolute proper motions. ... Sign of proper motions in RA . ... 0.0001 arcsec/yr . ... rms error in RA proper motion . ...

... Research . ... A rare hybrid morphology radio galaxy . ... In this project we will be able to investigate the environmental effect on star formation and galaxy evolution in individual galaxies falling into the cluster through radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Current models of galaxy evolution regulate the star formation rates within the simulated galaxies by invoking radio-mode feedback from AGN. ... Julie.Banfield@anu.edu.au . ...

ATMoB "Open Cluster Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Open Clusters Observing Awards program. Introduction: This awards program is oriented towards visually observing open clusters above magnitude 9.9. ... It turns out that a very unprejudiced and convenient method to dermine the limiting magnitude is to count the number of visible stars in certain areas on the sky. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... The next step up are true clusters, called open clusters . Open clusters (sometimes misleadingly called "galactic clusters") are groups of stars ranging in size from a few dozen stars up to tens of thousands. ... The youngest is about 1 or 2 million years old, while the oldest is about 6 or 7 billion years, making it just older than our own solar system. ... So by looking at the stars in the cluster we can tell pretty well how old they are. ...

. F IGURE . 13. The (a) metallicity and (b) age distributions of the globular clusters of Galactic origin. Different shadings are used to show the thick-disk and old-halo clusters. The curves are Gaussian fits to the corresponding histograms. discussion in the text | privious figure | next figure .

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... ADC_Keywords: Galaxy catalogs ; Nonstellar objects Description: NGC 2000.0 is a modern compilation of the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (NGC), the Index Catalogue (IC), and the Second Index Catalogue compiled by J. L. E. Dreyer (1888, 1895, 1908). ... The order of the new catalog is strictly by right ascension, the NGC and IC objects being merged into one machine-readable file. ... The book also contains a table of right ascensions for NGC and IC objects. ...

... The study of the Large-scale structure of the Universe and measurements of the Dark Energy equation of state; The exploration of the growth and cosmological evolution of supermassive Black holes in the Universe. ... In course of the all sky survey SRG will discover about 100 000 galaxy clusters and 3 million AGNs. Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally bounded objects in the Universe and are best explored through the study of X-ray emission from the hot intergalactic gas. ... 2016 IKI RAN ...

... STELLAR DYNAMICS: FROM CLASSIC TO MODERN . ... Sobolev Astronomical Institute, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia . ... The proposed meeting is being organized by the St.Petersburg State University, assisted by an international Scientific Organizing Committee, and marks the centennial of Professor K.F.Ogorodnikov's birth. ... The conference will be organized by the Sobolev Astronomical Institute of St.Petersburg State University in the building of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics. ...

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... A bibliographic database will be constructed with the purpose to be a general tool for searching references for galaxy clusters. ... Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally bound systems in the Universe. ... It is reasonable to test the basic concepts which will be incorporated in the database using A/ACO clusters of galaxies (Abell 1958; Abell, Corwin, & Olowin 1989). ... The first catalog of clusters of galaxies was published by Abell (1958) for and extended by Abell et al. (1989) for...

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EURO­ASIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY R o u n d G r o u p lang lang uage uage Obs XX XX International Astronomy Olympiad , , 15 ­ 23. X. 2015 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia English Code of participant Draw number . ... 10.1. ... Recently, astronomers have discovered a new open cluster. ... Draw configuration of the «stars». Answer 10.2. ... One of astronomers recognized familiar constellation in the outlines of the cluster. Write the standard threeletter designation of that constellation. ...

... Subject and Problems of Stellar Astronomy. ... Plane of Galaxy, Methods of Its Location Determination. ... Stars Distances. ... Other Methods of Stars Distances Determination. ... Tangential Velocities, Their Determination by Self-Motions. ... Determination of Solar Apex and Spatial Velocity by Radial and Spatial Velocities of Stars. ... Features of Orientation and Parameters of Peculiar Stellar Velocities Ellipsoid. ... General and Selective Light Absorption in Galaxy. ... Darc Clouds in Galaxy. ...

... We address a question if globular clusters (GC) in a protogalaxy could for some time evolve chemically as isolated systems, enriching themselves with heavy elements produced in first supernova events that follow initial star formation. We determine both the critical mass of a protoglobular cluster that is needed to retain the ejecta of the very first supernova, and the critical energy (i.e., number of supernovae) that is needed to expel the residual gas from a cluster of a given mass. ...

... The most powerful and widely used methods to calculate the scattering matrix of a fractal cluster are based on the coupled dipoles methods (e.g. the Discrete Dipole Approximation, DDA) and the theory of light scattering by a cluster of spherical particles [2-4]. ... At present the procedure of calculation of the scattering matrix is well developed for both an oriented cluster of spherical particles and for chaotically oriented clusters of such particles [4]. ...