Astronomy Picture of the Day . The T Tauri Star Forming System . ... 4.06.2001 . ... A prototype laboratory for the formation of low mass stars like our Sun is the T Tauri system , one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of Taurus . In young systems , gravity causes a gas cloud to condense. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: star formation . Publications with words: star formation . ... Stars Forming in Serpens . ...

... 2007 September 24 . A Galactic Star Forming Region in Infrared . ... Explanation: How do stars form? To help study this complex issue, astronomers took a deep image in infrared light of an active part of our Milky Way Galaxy where star formation is rampant. ... The image , though, taken last year by the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light , shows vast glowing fields of gas and dust, indicating that much of this dust is heated by forming stars. ... About APOD | ...

... The close proximity of the Magellanic Clouds allows us to probe the nature of these star forming regions at small spatial scales. ... We present the spatial analysis, via aperture/annulus photometry, of 16 Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and 16 Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) H II region complexes using the Spitzer Space Telescope's IRAC (3.6, 4.5, 8 ЮМm) and MIPS (24, 70, 160 ЮМm) bands. ... The IRAC, MIPS, UV, and HЮБ spatial analysis are compared with the spatial analysis of the TIR. ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

... Research . ... High-velocity clouds are not homogeneously distributed across the sky. ... Some of them have been grouped into complexes, including complex L, the complexes in the direction of the Galactic centre (GCP and GCN), or the so-called Wannier clouds (WA WE). ... 1: All-sky map of high-velocity clouds as described below. ... The H i column density map of the HVC sky was finally converted into the Hammer-Aitoff projection which has the advantage of being an equal-area projection. ...

... The high angular resolution of the International Galactic Plane Survey has revealed a wide-spread, cold atomic hydrogen component of the interstellar medium in the form of dark self-absorption cloud complexes. These clouds resemble molecular cloud complexes in structure and trace the spiral arm structure of the Galaxy. ... Nevertheless, continuum absorption studies show that some of the cold atomic hydrogen clouds have temperatures as low as 15 - 20 K --- similar to dense molecular clouds. ...

... Archives . ... Going back to vlk?s comment, it is ?statistically probable? (and so natural) to see 1 keV photons in T= 10^7 K Thermal Bremsstrahlung (TB) spectra, actually more often than you might expect. ... Please, meet Ms. electron. ... Here you call it electron?s rest energy. Yeah, as if electrons rest in one place ever.б  Who remembers the electron mass is 9.1e-31 kg? Well, some freaks do.б  But almost all keV junkies know the electron mass is 511 keV. ... Chandra Blog . ...

Next: M.E. Bailey, Director Up: Research Previous: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Contents . ... How do Stars Form? ... Other Work and Activities . ... The interaction of young stars with their surroundings are accentuated within Herbig-Haro Objects, where streams and `bullets' of ejected gas impact on the ambient molecular clouds. ... The astrophysical jets are spectacular. ... Michael Smith and collaborators have searched for, and found, the first evidence of rotation within the jets. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... This chart shows the constellation of Vela (The Sails) in the southern skies. All stars visible to the naked eye on a clear dark night are shown and the position of the star-forming cloud RCW 34 is marked. ...

As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Forms . ... This page explains how you can embed input forms into wiki pages. ... input text name value size= n :) (:input hidden name value :) (:input password name value :) (:input radio name value :) (:input checkbox name value :) (:input select name value label :) (:input default default-name default-value :) (:input submit name value :) (:input textarea name [=value=] rows= n cols= n :) (:input reset name label :) (:input file name label :) (:input image name "src" alt :) . ...

. This image shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already emerged from their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3, and it lies about 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius the Scorpion. It is likely that the Sun formed in a similar star formation region more than 4 billion years ago. // Credit: ESO/F. Comeron

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The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Dust has been on my mind lately. ... It made me realize: dust affects every aspect of astronomy. ... It's not the kind of dust you see around here on Earth. ... This has been known for a long time; you cen see it for yourself on a dark, cloudless night. Look for the Milky Way, the faint patch of light that is actually the glow from all the stars in our Galaxy. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

Properties of the interstellar gas clouds . ... The angular resolution of this Survey was 2.4' x 130', velocity resolution was 6.3 km/s, r.m.s. fluctuations of antenna temperature (T a ) was 0.25 K. All clouds with kinematical distances r a Some selection effects were discovered and our statistic results were corrected for them. Figure 1. ... In the very high mass range the number of neutral gas clouds may be decreased because of gravitational instability or/and molecularization. ...

... IC1396 . IC1396 - The "Elephant Trunk" Nebula . ... There is a bright central star cluster, also designated IC1396, which will interfere with your ability to see the faint nebulosity while visually observing this area with a rich-field telescope. ... 9/12/2006 through 10/21/2006 . ... Ha: 7 hours of 30 minute subs . OIII: 14 hours of 30 minute subs . SII: 9 hours of 30 minute subs ...totalling 30 hours . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... First announcement . Second announcement . ... Astronomy in Ukraine Past, Present, and Future (MAO-2014) . ... The Conference devoted to the 70th anniversary . ... Pre-registration for the conference is terminated. The second announcement will be released on the 1st of March. Those who have filled out the pre-registration form will be asked to continue with the registration. Those who register for the first time, will be offered a full registration form. ...

UPPER PANEL: The gas surface density map in log scale. The red circle in the center represents the central protostar. The development of spiral structure in the protostellar disk is evident. Dense protostellar/protoplanetary clumsp form within the spiral arms and are driven into the protostar by the action of gravitational torques. LOWER PANEL: The mass accretion rate onto the protostar as a function of time. The mass accretion rate is characterized by very short ( . ...