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... A Distant Cluster of Galaxies . ... 14.01.1996 . ... Credit: NASA , HST , A. Dressler ( CIW ) Explanation: Every bright object in this 1994 photograph by the Hubble Space Telescope is a galaxy . ... This rich cluster of galaxies , named CL 0939+4713 , is almost half way across the visible universe. ... Publications with keywords: cluster of galaxies . Publications with words: cluster of galaxies . ... Illusion and Evolution in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2667 . ... Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 24, 1996 . Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images . ... Explanation: What are those strange blue objects? Many are images of a single, unusual, beaded, blue, ring-like galaxy which just happens to line-up behind a giant cluster of galaxies. ... Possibly even the blue smudge just left of center is yet another image! ... About APOD | ...

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... STScI-PRC96-10 GRAVITATIONAL LENS CAPTURES IMAGE OF PRIMEVAL GALAXY This Hubble Space Telescope image shows several blue, loop-shaped objects that actually are multiple images of the same galaxy. ... CREDIT: W.N. Colley and E. Turner (Princeton University), J.A. Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies) and NASA Image files in GIF and JPEG format and captions may be accessed on Internet via anonymous ftp from oposite.stsci.edu in /pubinfo. GIF JPEG PRC96-10 Grav. ...

... Decelerating and Dustfree: Efficient Dark Energy Studies with Supernovae and Clusters . Abstract . ... The Onset of Star Formation in the Universe: Constraints from Nearby Isolated Dwarf Galaxies . ... An ACS SNAPshot Survey . ... A Snapshot Survey of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Strong Lensing to z = 0.9 . ... ACS survey observations of eight clusters are scheduled for the coming week, together with follow-up NICMOS observations of a supernova detected in previous ACS images. ... Past weeks: . ...

... Courtesy of NASA/ESA Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Right ascension Declination Redshift Distance Type Serpens Caput 15h 17m 14.4s[] +21° 35 08[] 12,740±50 km/s[][1] 600±30 Mly (183±8 Mpc)[1] SA0(r) [citation needed ] [a] Apparent dimensions (V) 0.28 в 0.28[] Apparent magnitude (V) 16.0[] Notable features Ring galaxy Other designations PGC 54559,[] PRC D-51[] See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies Hoag's Object is a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy. ...

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... Contacts . 2012: . ... We refined the fundamental parameters of the components, the orbital periods, and the conditions of photospheric heating of the secondary component by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot component. ... The observations of the star clusters associated with ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in four galaxies on the 6-meter and VLT telescopes have shown that all the ULXs are located within 200pc of very young star clusters (younger than 5 million years). ... Archive . ...

... ftp://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/cgmw/ : This catalog, giving about 7000 galaxies behind the Milky Way between l = 210 degrees and 250 degrees, represents a systematic search for galaxies by means of 32 film copies of the UK Schmidt Southern Infrared Atlas on the Milky Way covering about 900 square degrees. ... Japan, Vol. ... This will be distributed upon request from Astronomical Data Analysis Center of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and other astronomical data centers. ...

Next: Critical Frequencies and Gravitational Previous: Extragalactic Gravitational Wave Background . The number of binaries per frequency decade per solid angle from a separate stellar system (galaxy or cluster of galaxies) is . ... For example, for the Andromeda galaxy M31 ( rad, ) one gets . ... If the angular size of the galaxy is less than the angular resolution of the detector, the critical frequency is independent of the angular resolution, . ...

IFP gallery SCORPIO (since 2000). Here some data observed on the 6m telescope with IFP installed in the SCORPIO focal reducer are presented. ... Velocity field . Mkn 1157 was observed 1 Sep. 2002 in the Ha emission line. Texp =32x240 sec, seeing 1.5", IFP260. ... This galaxy was observed September, 23 2000 in the Ha emission line, Texp=32x120 sec, seeing 2.5", IFP260. ... PV Cep was observed at the 6m telescope in May, 25 2003 in the [SII] 6716A with IFP501, Texp=36x200 sec, seeing 1.0". ...

... 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. ...

... Next: Unsupervised Catalog Classification Up: Object Detection and Previous: Classification of Objects . ... Multi-resolution allows for image analysis in terms of different scales. ... This approach is used for the detection (and subsequent analysis) of globular cluster systems around elliptical galaxies, and for image characterization and object trawling in large image databases. ... The applicability of this approach to object detection in large image collections has been investigated. ...

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. SOME OF WELL-KNOWN DEEP SKY OBJECTS: . All images taken with 150/695mm homemade Newton reflector + SBIG ST6 CCD camera (falsecolors) . The treasures of Orion - some special images . Some galaxies on the Lion's mane . Messier 98, 99, 100 - three fine galaxies in Coma . NGC 6946 and NGC 6939 - nice galaxy and fine star cluster in one field of view. HOME (Eng) | HOME (Rus)

An image of the grand design of spiral galaxy M100 obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resolves individual stars within the majestic spiral arms. ... Hubble has the ability to resolve individual stars in other galaxies and measure accurately the light from very faint stars. This makes space telescope invaluable for identifying a rare class of pulsating stars, called Cepheid Variable stars embedded within M100's spiral arms. ... 617) 495-7062 . Fax: (617) 495-7356 . ...

Proposal Identi cation No.: A1511 Date Received: 2001-Feb-01 17:39:36 Technical Page Proposal Type: Regular General Category: Astronomy Sub-Category: Spectroscopy Observation Category: Extragalactic Total Time Requested: 20 Hours Proposal Title: Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in X-ray Emitting Clusters ABSTRACT: Successful surveys for the detection of low surface brightness disk galaxies have been primarily undertaken in spiral rich clusters with little or no X-ray emission. ...