... A Massive Star in NGC 6357 . ... One such massive star, near the center of NGC 6357, is framed above carving out its own interstellar castle with its energetic light from surrounding gas and dust. ... This image of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth. ... Since Earth is much closer to the Sun than Saturn, only the day side of the ringed planet is visible from the Earth. ... Sixteen years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp rounded the Sun and offered a dazzling spectacle in planet Earth's night. ...

... 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 . ...

... Are HVCs a common feature of star forming galaxies? ... Consider the typical properties of the smallest HVCs (compact HVCs) found in HIPASS: . Distance . HI Mass . ... At 5 kpc . meager objects ~116 solar masses . ... 1.15 x 10 4 solar masses . ... Putman et al. (2003) found none to 10 7 solar masses. 2% of Sculptor to 3 x 10 6 solar masses by de Blok et al. (2001) found none. ... High velocity gas around other galaxies can be identified from maps and dynamics: . ... 2003) . ...

... 2000 January 7 . NGC 4214: Star Forming Galaxy . ... While this 1997 Hubble Space Telescope image shows the numerous faint, older stars of NGC 4214 , the most eye-catching features are the galaxy's bright young star clusters surrounded by fluorescent gas clouds. ... The colorful spectacle of massive young star forming clusters and distinguished presence of a fainter, older stellar population indicate that NGC 4214 has experienced star formation episodes spanning billions of years. ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... A glorious cosmic butterffly imaged by the HST (Image credit: NASA/ESA) . This dramatic image looks like some vast cosmic eruption, and that impression is entirely correct. ... Designated NGC 6302 and often called the Butterfly Nebula, this is an example of a planetary nebula. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Big Clusters, Tiny Galaxies . ... Astronomers struggle to understand why giant star clusters form in the tiniest of galaxies . ... These clusters are probably young versions of globular clusters, but they are commonly called super star clusters. Seven dwarf galaxies within 16 million light-years have formed super star clusters, with one of these galaxies, NGC 1569, possessing two young clusters. ... Super star clusters have a lot to tell us about star formation. ...

Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix . The first version of the Scenario Machine was aimed especially at the simulation of massive binary star evolution. ... First, there is a large class of intermediate mass binaries (say, consisting initially of 8 + 5 solar masses) that can also produce NS and thus lead to the formation of a bright X-ray source. ... Next: Ejectors in Massive Binary Previous: Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix Mike E. Prokhorov . ...

6, when the Universe was less than a billion years old, thus far very rarely show evidence of the cold dust that accompanies star formation in the local Universe, where the dust-to-gas mass ratio is around one per cent. A prototypical example is the galaxy Himiko (z = 6.6), which--a mere 840million years after the Big Bang--is forming stars at a rate of 30-100 solar masses per year, yielding a mass assembly time of about 150ц—106 years. ... citations vs. year [year,citations] . ...

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. ...

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... May 25, 1998 . M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M83 is a bright spiral galaxy that can be found with a small telescope in the constellation of Hydra . M83 is a member of the Centaurus group of galaxies, a nearby group dominated by the massive galaxy Centaurus A . ... The spiral arms are given a blue color by the many bright young stars that have recently formed there. Dark dust lanes are also visible. ... About APOD > . ...

GALAXIES cenA .tiff 40 Bright Radio Galaxy M31.tiff Nikon Andromeda Galaxy (note HII regions in spiral arms) ngc6744.tiff 40 NGC 6744 a face-on spiral clouds_20d.tiff H'blad The Magellanic Clouds our nearest neighbours Lmc_7.tiff Nikon The Large Magellanic Clouds Lmc_zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image smc_7.tiff Nikon The Small Magellanic Clouds smc-zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image 30dor_40_BVR.tiff 40 The 30 Dor ... B [OIII] Halpha trifid.tiff 40" The Trifid Nebula. ...

... According to the most popular cosmological paradigm, the greater part of the galaxy mass is accumulated in the dark matter halo. ... The polar ring galaxies (PRGs) reveal external rings or disks of gas, dust and stars rotating in a plane roughly perpendicular to the disk of the central galaxy. ... The shape of the dark halo in the model was chosen so as to achieve the best fit to the observed rotation of both galaxies themselves and their polar rings. ... The SPRC-7 galaxy. ...

... 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. ...

... Visible Distribution of Galaxies. ... Features of Elliptical, Lens-Shaped, Spiral and Irregular Galaxies. Galaxies with Bar. ... Distribution of Surface Brightness of Surface and Spiral Galaxies. ... Color Characteristics of Galaxies. ... Methods of Galaxies' Mass Determination. ... Hidden Mass of Spiral Galaxies. ... Features of Dark Matter Distribution in E and SO Galaxies. ... The Whole Number of Galaxies and Their Density by the Results of Observation on the 'Hubble' Space Telescope. ...

... Interacting galaxies . ... Catalogues . ... We define a volume limited sample of over 14,000 early-type galaxies (ETGs) selected from data release six of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The density of environment of each galaxy is robustly measured. By comparing narrow band spectral line indices with recent models of simple stellar populations (SSPs) we investigate trends in the star formation history as a function of galaxy mass (velocity dispersion), density of environment and galactic radius. ...

When: Tuesdays at lunch time (12:30 - 13:30). ... Tue, Aug 11: .. ... 070306: "Low Surface Brightness Galaxies" by Ralf-Juergen Dettmar . 140306: "Galactic Chimneys" by Naomi McClure-Griffiths . ... 090506: "Active Galaxies at high redshift" by Ilana Klamer . ... 050606: "Molecular Loops in the Galactic Center: Evidence for magnetic floatation to accelerate molecular gas" by Prof. Fukui . 130606: "Kinematical Studies of Ionized Gas in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies" by Janine van Eymeren . ...

Next: Low-Mass Star Formation Up: M.D. Smith Previous: M.D. Smith Contents . Massive stars are of elevated importance in our Universe for several reasons. ... During their lives, they influence the nurseries in which new stars might form. ... He and Michael Smith investigated the consequences of massive star formation in one such region of our Galaxy. They uncovered that massive stars are forming in the Rosette Molecular Complex at a rate way beyond previous expectations. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Weekend Visits Form . ... ESO Acronyms . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Catch a Star 2013 . ... This image shows an enlargement of a small area of the field in ESO Press Photo eso0030a (slightly above and to the right of the centre), centred on the position of a massive star in the process of being formed. ...

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" . ...