... Explanation: Spiral galaxy NGC 4651 is a mere 35 million light-years distant, toward the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices . About 50 thousand light-years across, this galaxy is seen to have a faint umbrella-shaped structure (right) that seems to extend some 50 thousand light-years farther, beyond the bright galactic disk. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Publications with keywords: spiral galaxy . Publications with words: spiral galaxy . ... Spiral Galaxy NGC 3190 Almost Sideways . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 April 15 . NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy . ... Explanation: Spiral galaxy NGC 4651 is a mere 35 million light-years distant, toward the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices . ... Placing your cursor over the image will superimpose a simulation of the satellite galaxy's path as it was disrupted and absorbed into NGC 4651. ...

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... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on February 24, 2012 | 4 Comments Beautiful colour images of nebulae grace astronomy books and websites and have spread to mainstream culture. ... Continue Reading.. ... Hearing news like this certainly makes one sit up and pay attention, but is it is correct? ... This rock is about 9m (30ft) across, meaning that it [ ] . ... Posted on January 30, 2012 | ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. ...

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... Reconstruction of peculiar velocities of galaxies from large-scale redshift catalogues provides an exemplary application of optimal transport. ... U Frisch, S. Matarrese, R. Mohayaee, A. Sobolevsky, A reconstruction of the initial conditions of the Universe by optimal mass transportation , Nature, 417 (2002) 260-262 ( arXiv:astro-ph/0109483 ) . ... R. Mohayaee, A. Sobolevskii, The Monge Amp re Kantorovich approach to reconstruction in cosmology , Physica D (2008) accepted ( arXiv:0712.2561 ) . ...

... 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....

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