... Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, nearly making it the record holder. ... A dark Sun hung over Queensland, Australia on Wednesday morning during a much anticipated total solar eclipse. ... As the Moon moves to completely cover the Sun in a total solar eclipse -- like the one set to occur over parts of Australia on Tuesday -- beads of bright sunlight stream around the edge of the Moon...

HST resumed operations on the side B electronics on the CU/SDF (Command Unit/Science Data Formatter) on 23 October 2008. WFPC2 calibration measurements and on-sky observations restarted on October 25th, and the ACS/SBC will be brought on line later this week. ... A Snapshot Survey of The Most Massive Clusters of Galaxies . Abstract . ... Binaries in the Kuiper Belt: Probes of Solar System Formation and Evolution . ... Distances to Eclipsing M Dwarf Binaries . ... Past weeks: . ...

... 2008 October 26 . Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24 . Credit: NASA , ESA and J. M. ApellАniz ( IAA , Spain) . Explanation: How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it a record holder. ... Component stars would still remain near 100 solar masses, making them among the more massive stars currently on record. ... About APOD | ...

... October 18, 1999 . NGC 3603: An Active Star Cluster . ... Explanation: NGC 3603 is home to a massive star cluster, thick dust pillars, and a star about to explode . The central open cluster contains about 2000 bright stars, each of which is much brighter and more massive than our Sun . ... These stars are less massive than our Sun, demonstrating that great numbers of low-mass stars also form in active starburst regions . ... About APOD > . ...

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Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...

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... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on November 15, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 3 Comments Audiences flocked to see James CameronтАЩs €аepic movie Avatar, the story of a disabled human who gets a chance to live a new life as a 3m tall blue-skinned humanoid [ ] . ... Newer Entries . Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... The projected distance of VFTS 682 to the cluster R136 is 29 pc (for an assumed LMC distance of 50 kpc). ... VFTS 682 is located in an active star-forming region, at a projected distance of 29 pc from the young massive cluster R136 in the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud. ... Our aim is to obtain the stellar properties, such as its intrinsic luminosity, and to investigate the origin of VFTS 682. ...

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... 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 . ...

... Measurement of the MASS detectors parameters with mass program January 24, 2015 [112707] . MASS/DIMM electronics. ... Turbina-core(D): Dimm User Guide. ... N.Shatsky, V.Kornilov, The revision of the MASS/DIMM star catalogue. ... О.Возякова, В.Корнилов, Н.Шатский, Новое программное обеспечение прибора MASS/DIMM. ... V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site. ...

... Last updated 10 October 2014 . ... Dr. Alasdair Dougal Mackey . ... Australian National University . ... 2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge . ... 2003-2006 - PPARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ... 2005 - Lecturer for Globular clusters and globular cluster systems (8 lectures), a course for first and second year Ph.D. б б б б б б б б б б б б б  students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge . ...

... The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in ancient mythology . ... The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 parsecs (425 light years ) away. ... Data for these stars are listed in a table below. ... Yes . ... WEBDA Pleiades cluster data . ... M45: The Pleiades Star Cluster (2007 November 18) ...

Large-scale activity in solar eruptive events of October-November 2003 by SOHO/EIT data . ... We analyze large-scale disturbances associated with extremely powerful flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) occurred during two passages across the solar disk of a grandiose complex of three active regions in October–November 2003 using SOHO/EIT imaging data. ... In events repeating with short time intervals, the main dimmings observed show clear homology by their form and location. ...

... The survey uses HARP, a new submillimetre heterodyne array at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), to map the J = 3 - 2 rotational transitions of CO and its isotopologues 13CO and C18O across 630 sq. arcmin of the Perseus molecular cloud, in four regions: NGC1333, IC348, L1448 and L1455. ... A new catalogue of 850 micron SCUBA clumps is identified using two automated algorithms, clfind and GaussClumps. ... These data are one of the largest surveys of molecular outflows ever undertaken. ...

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... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...