... Galaxy Cluster in the Early Universe . ... Explanation: Long before medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting base metals to gold , stellar furnaces in this massive cluster of galaxies - cataloged as RDCS 1252.9-2927 - had transformed light elements into heavy ones . ... The cluster elemental abundances are consistent with the idea that most heavy elements were synthesized early on by massive stars, but current theories suggest that such a massive cluster should be rare in the early Universe . ...

... Each month, our Moon passes in front of -- and outshines -- many an interesting star field. ... Fogs of clouds and dust covered parts of southern Mars during last Martian winter. ... NGC 1818: Pick A Star . ... Early on Saturday, May 31 (UT) the new Moon will once again slide across the Sun's fiery disk, and once again an annular solar eclipse will be the result -- since the Moon's apparent diameter will be a little too small to completely cover the Sun. ... The Earth and Moon from Mars . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... What is the heaviest element that astronomers can detect? ... The heaviest element that astronomers have found in space is the same as the heaviest element naturally occurring on Earth: uranium. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email...

... February 3, 1998 . A Magellanic Mural . ... Explanation: Two galaxies stand out to casual observers in Earth's Southern Hemisphere : the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). ... Recent observations of the LMC (on the left) have determined that it is on a nearly circular orbit around our Galaxy, and have even helped in the determination of the composition of dark matter in our Galaxy . ... About APOD > . ...

Next: Conclusions Up: HS 0822+3542 - a Previous: H I and dynamical . The properties of HS 0822+3542 presented above (extremely low abundance of heavy elements, very blue colour of underlying nebulosity, and extremely small mass ratio of stars to neutral gas) suggest that this could be the nearest candidate young dwarf galaxy forming its first stellar generation. ... Next: Conclusions Up: HS 0822+3542 - a Previous: H I and dynamical Labaratory "Structure" . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Sun . ... January . ... March . ... Posted on March 16, 2015 | No Comments As everyone knows on Friday 20 March 2015, a total solar eclipse will occur across the far northern regions of Europe and the Arctic. ... Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments Already the year 2015 is proving to be a great year for stargazing with planets, comets and meteorites gracing the skies but prepare for March as it brings a тАШmicro [ ] . ... Posted on February 4, 2015 | ...

... Up: Other Galaxies with HI Previous: The peculiar galaxy NGC 4258: . The nearest and most prominent radio elliptical galaxy is NGC 5128 (Cen A). H I , OH, and H 2 CO absorption features have been detected near the systemic velocity of the galaxy (550 kms -1 ). ... Other radio elliptical galaxies detected in H I absorption are NGC 315, NGC 1275, NGC 3894, NGC 5363, 3C236, and 4C31.06, bringing the number of detections up to eight (van Gorkom et al. 1989, and references therein). ...

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Clues to the formation and evolution of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, are hidden in the chemical abundances and kinematics of its stars. ... The discovery of the ongoing accretion of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy confirmed that mergers with satellite dwarf galaxies have contributed to the formation of the Galactic halo. ... In particular, I investigated the accretion of dwarf galaxies by the Galaxy and the role of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the chemical evolution of these systems. ...

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... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

... Chris Stubbs, Harvard University . ... Abstract . ... The Structure, Formation and Evolution of Galactic Cores and Nuclei . ... Time Scales Of Bulge Formation In Nearby Galaxies . ... WFPC2 Tidal Tail Survey: Probing Star Cluster Formation on the Edge . ... An Ultraviolet Survey of Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Local Universe . ... November 2003 HST image of the SN1987A gaseous ring . ... Observations of the interacting system, NGC 17, are scheduled for this week. ... Past weeks: . ...

... Archives . ... I?ve copied below the text of an ISBA announcement for the first workshop in a new series addressing Bayesian methods for machine learning. It builds on the model of the earlier well-known ?Bayesian case studies? workshops, where just a few applications are featured at each workshop, with the format tailored to produce a lot of back-and-forth between application scientists and statisticians. ... Workshop on Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning . ...

... The HI - Star Formation Connection . ... Coffee . ... Dark Galaxies and Dark Matter . ... HI in Normal Galaxies . HI and Galaxy Evolution over Cosmic Time . ... How Galaxies Accrete Gas . ... The Billion Galaxy Survey . ... Searches for Dark Galaxies . ... Evidence for Dark Matter in Galaxies . HI in Galaxies: Overview . ... Open Questions in Normal Galaxies . ... Starburst galaxies and BCDs . ... HI Rich Galaxies . ... Open Questions in HI and Galaxy Evolution . HI and Galaxy Evolution . ...

Abstract -- Abundances of heavy elements decreases with increasing galactocentric distance almost in all disk galaxies. ... To explain this gradient in young objects and in the interstellar gas one has to assume that a typical disk galaxy is an open system, i.e. it expels some synthesized heavy elements into the circumgalactic space and/or accretes intergalactic gas with zero metallicity, with rates of both processes depending on the galactocentric distance. ...

Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The Sun Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic Evolution ... So far, one planet has been studied by this method. ...

... On the morning of Thursday, 26 February, amid the Gal pagos Islands, the Sun will fade from view. Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none less mystical, Earth's small Moon will be executing a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... And anyone living in southern North America, Central America, northern South America, or on islands and cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea will, weather permitting, have the opportunity to experience the wonder of a solar eclipse. ...

... 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. ...

... PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Testing the non-universality of the low-mass end of the Initial Mass Function in massive Early-Type Galaxies . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... The stellar initial mass function (IMF) in early-type galaxies and the internal distribution of their dark and luminous mass are two of the deepest and most puzzling open issues in modern astrophysics, each of great importance to our understanding of galaxy formation. ...

... Sun Image and Animation Index Additional Sun Resources . ... The Sun's outer visible layer is called the photosphere and has a temperature of 6,000њC (11,000њF). ... The corona is the outer part of the Sun's atmosphere. ... Sun's magnetic field, prominences, solar wind, aurora . ... This image of 1,500,000њC gas in the Sun's thin, outer atmosphere (corona) was taken March 13, 1996 by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. ...