... The distribution of galactic RCB stars is controversial. Several authors have argued that they belong to a thick galactic disk, and are thus old Population I stars. ... However, their distribution and space velocities suggest they may alternatively belong to the even older galactic bulge (Population II, [ Drilling 1986 ]). ... These are the only RCB stars for which a distance is known and hence for which an absolute magnitude can be deduced. ...

... Posts tagged ?GRB? May 11th, 2008| 10:42 pm | Posted by hlee . ... Category: arXiv , MCMC , Uncertainty | ... Category: arXiv | ... Category: arXiv , Data Processing , Galaxies , gamma-ray , Objects , Uncertainty | ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ...

... 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 ...

. F IGURE . 1. Distributions of RR Lyrae stars in distance (a)from the Sun and (b) from the Galactic plane.The shaded part of the histogram corresponds to stars with known proper motions.The curve in the left histogram is a power-law approximation for the growth of the number of stars with distance in the intial sample for R < 1.75 kpc. is the power-law exponent. The dip in the right distribution near Z ? 250 pc is due to selection effects. discussion in the text | next figure .

... Galileo was one of the first to study our Milky Way with a telescope in 1610 and he discovered that it was composed of a huge number of faint stars. ... Image Credit: NASA Elliptical Galaxy This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a good example of an elliptical galaxy at the centre of a galaxy cluster that is over 450 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Centaurus. ... Then the Andromeda galaxy was first classed as a galaxy outside of our own Milky Way. ...

... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Using a database view Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), containing almost a million spectra created 15,000 sample galaxies with active star formation, which is used for various studies and physical state of evolution of galaxies. ... Star clusters of the Galaxy . The project MWSC (Milky Way Star Clusters) directory using 2MASS, which includes nearly 500 million vision to the limit Ks = 15.3, analyzed more than 4,000 cluster-like objects in the galaxy. ...

... Galaxies 99 Cosmic background with model of cloudy interstellar medium Yu. ... Figure 1: Averaged spectrum of the cosmic background I f in frequency range 0.25 200 MHz for the Galactic poles. ... First interpretation of the cosmic noise background spectrum at broad band frequency range 0.25 200 MHz with a model of the cloudy interstellar medium ISM is presented here. ... Synthesized background spectra I f for regions of the Galactic poles at the frequency range 0.25 200 MHz is presented in Fig. ...

. A computer simulation shows the distribution of dark matter (gray) and galaxies (colored circles; size indicates galaxy brightness). (The red box shows the formation of a rich cluster of galaxies while the green box models a more typical region of the universe.) . Benson, Baugh, Cole, Frenk, and Lacey/Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Constraining the Cosmic Mass Density from the SBF Survey Peculiar Velocities J.P. Blakeslee et al. University of Durham, U.K. The recently completed I-band Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) Survey of Galaxy Distances includes high-quality distance measurements to nearly 300 early-type galaxies within 4000 km/s. We compare the peculiar velocities observed in this survey with those predicted from the galaxy density eld found in ux-limited redshift surveys. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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ATMoB "Galaxy Observing Award " Guidelines Purpose: To promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston through participation in the Galaxy Observing Awards program. ... Examples of elliptical galaxies: M49, M59, M60, M87, NGC 4125. Limiting Magnitude Assessment: Spirals: A spiral galaxy consists of a flattened disk, with stars forming a (usually two-armed) spiral structure, and a central concentration of stars known as the bulge. ...

... Session 1 - Stars, star formation, stellar populations and planets . 9.20 10.00 . ... HST Spectroscopy of the Hottest White Dwarfs . ... Coffee break . ... Lunch break . ... A (long) look at neutron stars with HST . ... Session 2 - Nearby galaxies, bulges, spheroids, galaxy formation . ... New HST/ACS Insights into the Evolution of Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies with Extreme Properties of Cosmological Relevance . ... Deriving properties of Lyman-break galaxies at z~3-5 using HST/VLT/Spitzer data . ...

Bright Supernova - Archives On these pages you will find references to Supernovae which have faded into oblivion. ... Finally, in 1999, when I took over the International Supernova Network's Latest Supernovae page I retitled the main page "Latest Supernovae", BUT, it's the "Latest Supernovae" page of the "Bright Supernovae" pages which are also sub-pages of ISN. ... Brightest supernova in 2005 . ... Brightest supernova in 2002 . ... Brightest supernova in 2000 . ... Brightest supernova in 1999 . ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE ANCIENT UNIVERSE . c) The Age of Light from the Most Distant Galaxies: The "Time Machine" Effect . ... Thus we are actually seeing these galaxies not as they are today, but as they were billions of years ago. ... The Universe: An Overview | ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | ...

... For this purpose, catalog entries for stars within 12њx6њ region centered at 12h 20m right ascension and 33њ declination were examined. ... In Figure 1, the distribution in Johnson V magnitude of all Tycho catalog entries for stars within 12њx6њ region centered at 12h 20m right ascension and 33њ declination is plotted . ... Figure 1 : Distribution of magnitude in Johnson V. This is for the 510 stars from the Tycho catalog in a 12њx6њ area in the center of the northern survey region. ...

The divisity of galaxies. The galaxies are the giant (to hundred of billions of stars) star systems, where the stars are connected by gravitation laws with each other. ... Ther galaxy NGC 3031 . ... Each spiral galaxy has a core a flat disk where the spiral brancher locate. The stars and interstellar substance of spiral galaxies rotate around the core. ... In normal galaxies, such as our Galaxy, the great brightness of the core is accounted for the high concentration of stars. ...

... Our Sun is part of a huge wheel-shaped collection of stars. ... Astronomers have long suspected it was a very massive black hole, and that every galaxy had such a central mass, created early in the history of the universe. ... However, unless that object happens to be headed directly at the black hole (a relatively small target) it will just swing around and fly away again, like a comet making a pass at the Sun. The velocity acquired in falling towards the black hole also helps it escape. ...

Microsymposium 38, MS083, 2003 (A4 format) MERCURY: LOCAL VARIATIONS OF THE PHOTOMETRIC RELIEF. ... Because of trajectory and pointing angle constraints the planet could be observed from Mariner 10 only over a small range of phase angles between about 75o and 110o. Therefore the photometric investigations are restricted to measuring the distribution of brightness on the Mercurian disk. ... Raw versions of real-time processing pictures FDS 0000984 and FDS 0000986 were used (images 196 and 202). ...