... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... 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 . ...

... 2015 December 9 . Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Space Telescope ; Processing: Douglas Gardner . ... As further evidence, the face-on spiral galaxy on the right, also known as NGC 3808A, exhibits many young blue star clusters produced in a burst of star formation. ... The prominent edge-on spiral at the far left appears to be a more distant background galaxy and not involved in the on-going merger. ... About APOD | ...

... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . December : 2009 . ... No sunspots and sunspot groups can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . No H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . Last updated: December 10, 2009 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Ganymede: A Really Groovy Moon . ... Credit: Galileo Mission Team , Galileo Spacecraft , NASA Explanation: Ganymede's surface is a wrinkled mess. As large ice-sheets shift on the moon's surface , parts of the surface buckle causing high ridges, deep furrows, and parallel grooves. ... The Galileo spacecraft has also just discovered that Ganymede has a region of orbiting charged particles called a magnetosphere - a first for any moon. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

The Extragalactic ALFA Zone of Avoidance team is mapping the distribution of low-Galactic-latitude galaxies and large scale structures through detection of galaxies' 21-cm emission with ALFA. This Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) survey finds new HI galaxies which lie hidden behind the Milky Way, and also provides redshifts and other HI parameters for partially-obscured galaxies known at other wavelengths. ... Discovery and Follow-up of a Nearby Galaxy from the Arecibo Zone of Avoidance Survey. ...

... STScI-PRC94-39B FOR RELEASE:JULY 24, 1995 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DEEP-SKY SURVEY FINDS HUGE NUMBERS OF IRREGULAR AND PECULIAR GALAXIES This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a variety of galaxies with irregular and peculiar shapes. ... This image is part of a serendipitous sky survey which has been conducted over the past three years by Professor Richard Griffiths and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, with a team of astronomers in the United States and Britain. ...

... Field-aligned currents (FAC, also called the Birkeland currents) are essential to the linkage between the solar wind - magnetosphere system and the ionosphere . The main large scale FAC systems are the Region 1 and 2 currents. ... Expands to lower latitudes with increasing activity (see also the auroral ovals ) . ... TCV currents . ... Yamamoto, T., S. Inoue, N. Nishitani, M. Ozaki, and C.-I. Meng, A theory for generation of the paired region 1 and region 2 field-aligned currents, J. Geophys. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... A laser beam launched from ESOтАЩs VLT crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at 90 km altitude in the high Earth€‡s mesosphere. The current Laser Guide Star (LGS) is part of the VLT€‡s Adaptive Optics system and it is used as reference to correct images from the blurring effect of the atmosphere. ... Laser Guide Star , Very Large Telescope . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Planets . ... This bizarrely shrunken planetary system was found by NASAтАЩs Kepler mission, hence the parent star has been named Kepler-11. ... Planetary scientist and Kepler science team member Jack Lissauer said ?These six planets are mixtures of rock and gases, possibly including water.тАЭ €аNone of these strange new worlds are likely to be home to any form of life; their surface conditions are simply too extreme. ...

... Observing . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . Springtime observing for small telescopes . ... Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher shares 10 of his favorite springtime deep-sky objects, including the NGC 3190 galaxy group, 3C 273, and NGC 3242. ... In this video, Astronomy magazine Editor David J. Eicher discusses deep-sky objects in the spring sky you can see with a 12-inch or larger telescope. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . Currently I hold a Principal Research Associate position at the University of Cambridge. ... More information on the SKA SDP consortium will be available shortly on the public web-pages . ... Previous to that, I developed the technique of Out-Of-Focus (OOF) holography and wrote the software that is currently used for this at the Green Bank 100m (GBT) and other telescopes. ... Welcome . ... Copyright 2005 -- 2016, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

... Since the pioneering work of Markarian ([ 1967 ]) objective prism surveys were recognized as a powerful tool to search for galaxies of various types of activity. ... Of special interest are blue compact galaxies (BCGs). ... A third sample of BCGs of Popescu et al. ([ 1997 ], [ 1998 ]) contains about 200 BCGs distributed in four regions of the northern sky and is based on a sample selected on the Hamburg Quasar Survey (HQS; Hagen et al. [ 1995 ]) digitised IIIa-J plates. ... 1997, 1998). ...

Solar Flare Origin - critical analysis" Lev Pusti'lnik We analyze current approach to solar flare origin in 3 aspects: a. Pre-flare equilibrium state of current-magnetic structure above active region and its evolution to flare state, b. Possible reasons of stability loss with transition of system in flare state c. Flare energy release in turbulent current sheet and particle acceleration in this system. ...

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... Julian Cribb, CSIRO National Awareness , ph 02 6276 6244 (bus), 02 6286 6022 (h), mobile 0418 639 245 . ... Dr. Lister Staveley-Smith , CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility . phone: 02 9372 4271 (bh) or 02 9871 1307 (ah), www-homepage ) . ... Prof. Ron Ekers , Director, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility . ... and CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility . ... phone: 02 6216 7220) . ... Helen Sim (hsim@atnf.csiro.au) --- Phone: +61 (0) 2 9372 4251, Fax: +61 (0)2 9372 4310 . ...

... XPA and the now-defunct funtools have moved to GitHub! Please visit: . xpa @ https://github.com/ericmandel/xpa . funtools (not supported but ...) @ https://github.com/ericmandel/funtools for the latest version. Also available on GitHub: . ... The public release xpa version 2.1.15 is available here . Please upgrade at your convenience. ... Its available here . ... Software to benefit the astronomical community and especially the X-ray astronomy community. ... saord@cfa.harvard.edu . ...

Starbust galaxies represent those galaxies which are currently experiencing a phase of active star formation which is substantially higher than the time average star formation rate. ... A technical discussion of galactic winds and baryonic blowout in the case of low mass galaxies can be found here To investigate this possibility we have selected two extreme starburst galaxies with astounding levels of H-alpha emission. ... The first Fabry-Perot (FP) image shows just the very center of the galaxy. ...

... A typical density of energetic ions is 1 per cubic cm., and the ions are matched by electrons, generally of lower energy. ... This region is almost empty of plasma--typical density 0.01 ion/cubic cm., the "best vacuum" in the Earth's vicinity--but it contains a relatively strong magnetic field which, since it fills a large volume, can store appreciable magnetic energy, Many believe that this is the storehouse from which substorms draw their energy, releasing it quite rapidly. ...

... Astronomy Festival: 12/13 February 2010, Galway . ... Astronomy Ireland's Christmas talk: Mon 14 Dec, TCD, Dublin . ... ESO and the E ELT* . The talk will take place on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 9:30 am in room HG19 of the DCU School of Nursing . ... He directed the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy and Leiden Observatory, and served on oversight committees for AURA, ESA, ESO and NASA. ... Tuesday, 8 December 2009 20:12 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...