... 1.12.1999 . ... Massive stars -- upwards of tens of times the mass of the Sun - profoundly affect their galactic environment. Churning and mixing the clouds of gas and dust between the stars, they leave their mark on the compositions and locations of future generations of stars and star systems. ... This star, though, somehow ejects energetic "bullets" of high-energy particles, appearing as red streaks toward the lower right of the this image. ... A Leonids Meteor Storm in 1999 . ... 1999 2000 . ...

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... About ATNF overview . ... Both are consistent with earlier estimates, computed for the population of optically selected galaxies. This consistency occurs because, although the distribution of optical central surface brightnesses among galaxies is flat, we fail to find a population of galaxies with central surface brightnesses fainter than 24б  B - , even though there is no observational selection against them. Keywords: Galaxies: Luminosity Function, Mass Function; Surveys . ...

... Staff Directory . ... Missions . ... Hubble Heritage Project . Future Missions and . ... Colloquia . ... Events . ... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Engineering Technology Colloquia . ... The goal of this mini-workshop was to consider the census, origin, and evolution of the most massive galaxies in stellar mass from early times to the present. ... Is there a "massive galaxies" problem at all? ... What is the relation, if any, between very dusty (star-forming) and very massive galaxies? ...

... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere was recorded last Sunday by TESIS telescopes aboard the CORONAS-PHOTON satellite ( video - wmv 4.3 MB ). ... Over the course of a week, two gigantic solar prominences were simultaneously ejected from the surface of the Sun. ... Earth will not feel the Sun's influence either. ... The TESIS observatory ї TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru . ... One of this year's largest mass ejections from the Sun's atmosphere (movie WMV, 4.3 MB) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Posted on March 14, 2012 | 23 Comments How big is the largest known star? ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on November 10, 2011 | ... 2 Comments Once planets orbiting other stars were unknown as they could not be directly observed. ... 5 Comments Once exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars, were the stuff of science fiction but now we know of literally hundreds of real alien planets circling other stars. ...

... Using this model, I will show how AGN feedback affects the evolution of massive galaxies, causing them to become less massive, smaller, and redder. In addition, several observed relationships, including cosmic star formation rate density, galaxy luminosity function, and [alpha/Fe]-mass, can only begin to be reproduced when it is included. Finally, I will show how the enrichment history of massive galaxies and the IGM may be influenced by AGN feedback. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 24, 1999 . Cometary Globules In Orion . ... Explanation: Intense ultraviolet light from massive, hot stars in the Orion region has sculpted and compressed clouds of dust and gas in to distinctively shaped Cometary Globules . ... Besides those indicated by the arrows, more comet-shaped clouds or globules are present in this image. ...

... Abstract: We present Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations for spiral galaxies modelled as a stellar disk and a two-phase clumpy dust distribution. ... As a general result, clumpy models are less opaque than the corresponding homogeneous models. ... 0.00 0.15 0.50 0.1 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0 0.25 X . ... We have also produced several homogeneous models, to compare to the clumpy models. ... Homogeneous and clumpy models with the same tauV have the same dust mass. ...

The ETG Mass - Size relation in different environment from z~1.6 to present Simona Mei - GEPI - Observatory of Paris - University of Paris D. Diderot Marc Huertas-Company , Francesco Shankar , Lauriane Delaye, Rossella Licitra, Anand Raichoor, Mariangela Bernardi, Chris Lidman + ACS GTO, COSMOS collaborators Wednesday , September 4, 13 Anand Raichoor Marc Huertas-Company Lauriane Delaye Rossella Licitra Francesco Shankar Wednesday , ... 2013 HAWKI Cluster survey (Lidman et al. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Archive of the ESO Enews > ESO-Enews #14: September 2009 . ... Observing Facilities . ... Science Archive Facility . ... To obtain earlier raw data that is still covered by the proprietary period PIs may use the normal ESO Archive interface .. ... For more information about the above item, or to subscribe to the archive RSS feed to stay informed on the latest archive developments, please visit the Science Archive Facility . ...

... Contacts . 2008: . Detection of two new LBV stars. In two exterior galaxies new luminous blue variable stars (LBV) were observed. ... Fast deceleration of rotation of a magnetic star with a strong field HD 37776. 31 years of observations of the magnetic star HD 37776 resulted in detecting deceleration of its axial rotation for 17.7 0.7s (dP/P = 4.0x10 -6 per year). ... It is the first case of magnetic deceleration detection for a chemically peculiar star on the main sequence. ... Archive . ...

Direct images gallery. Here we have presented some images obtained on SAO telescopes by using SCORPIO. ... NGC 6951 . ... This color image are combined from the frames in the filters V ("blue"), R ("green") and middle-band filter SED755 ("red"). ... The true color image is constructed from three frames in B (Texp=600 sec), V (Texp=480 sec) and R (Texp=400 sec) filters. ... The true color image is constructed from three frames in B (Texp=180 sec), V (Texp=120 sec) and R (Texp=90 sec) filters. ...

... Star Atlas . ... solar system . ... stars . ... Observe the Solar System . ... What factors determine if a massive star (say, 100 solar masses) forms instead of a Sun-like star? ... Stars of all masses form from dense clumps within exceptionally cold molecular clouds. ... Massive stars tend to form at the centers of high-mass reservoirs of gas. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... A gamma-ray burst hints that LIGO's double black holes started as one massive star . ...

Next: Massive X-ray Binaries Up: No Title Previous: X-ray Galactic Sources and . Table  7 represents the full matrix of stages of binary stars in a model spiral galaxy with the total mass of matter in stars of for (flat spectrum), and Lyne and Lorimer's distribution for kick velocities (equation 7.4.2 )   with km s (which gives the transverse velocity distribution for modeled pulsars best-fitting Lyne and Lorimer (1994)[ 132 ] data; Figure  24 ). ...

... A hundred years later, a handful of Tunguska-sized asteroids have been spotted by telescopes, but most remain unseen. The asteroid designated 2008 TC3 , which made the news on October 6th before colliding with the Earth on October 7th was too small to constitute a part of the "Earth impact hazard". ... 2008 TC3, for example, finally exploded in the atmosphere above Sudan . ... Wednesday, 8 October 2008 01:15 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

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" . ...

... 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. ...

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