... Credit: Data - Hubble Legacy Archive , ESA , NASA Processing - Robert Gendler Explanation: Some spiral galaxies are seen almost sideways. NGC 3190, one such galaxy, is the largest member of the Hickson 44 Group , one of the nearer groups of galaxies to our own Local Group of galaxies. ... Publications with keywords: spiral galaxy . Publications with words: spiral galaxy . ... Star Streams and the Sunflower Galaxy . ... Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4731 . NGC 1055: Galaxy in a Box . ...

... Access key help . ... Astrophysics Group . ... Galaxy Formation and Evolution . Main Projects . ... PhD Thesis Projects . ... One of the main goals of the instrument is to identify and characterise the first galaxies formed in the early Universe and to track their evolution through the cosmic epoch by delivering the deepest spectra ever obtained for these objects in the near-IR range. ... SPIRE programme) on the evolution of the dust content in galaxies. ...

... The molecular lines group at Arecibo Observatory consists of Chris Salter, Tapasi Ghosh and Robert Minchin. ... The molecular line group at Arecibo Observatory started in 2006 with a proposal to carry out a spectral census of the star-burst galaxy Arp 220 . ... However, the most interesting discovery came from the observations of the polar ring galaxy, NGC 660. ... Molecular Lines in NGC 660 Arias de Saavedra Benitez et al., ... A cm-Wavelength Search for Pre-Biotic Molecules in Starburst Galaxies. ...

... 2015 August 9 . HCG 87: A Small Group of Galaxies . ... Explanation: Sometimes galaxies form groups. ... Indeed, the galaxies of HCG 87 are gravitationally stretching each other during their 100-million year orbits around a common center. ... HCG 87 is composed of a large edge-on spiral galaxy visible near the image center, an elliptical galaxy visible to its right, and a spiral galaxy visible near the top. ... Studying groups like HCG 87 allows insight into how all galaxies form and evolve . ...

... Neutral hydrogen observations of the spiral galaxies NGC 6221 and NGC 6215 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) reveal a wide, two-stranded bridge of at least 3 x 10^8 Msun which can be traced between the two galaxies over a projected distance of 100 kpc. ... The color figure below shows the HI emission (blue) in the bridge velocity range overlaid onto an optical image. ... A tidal HI bridge is visible between NGC 6221 and its brightest neighbour, NGC 6215 (v_sys = 1555 km/s). ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . des actualit†йs . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Fusion de galaxies naines †а proximit†й de la Voie lact†йe . ... 07/04/2016 - Plong†йe au centre de la Voie lact†йe . ... 25/02/2016 - La Voie lact†йe cartographi†йe en ondes millim†йtriques . ...

Near-infrared images of star forming regions containing masers ( Figure 1 ) . L. Testi, M. Felli, P. Persi, M. Roth . 1997, A&AS, in press . ... C. Kramer, J. Alves, C. Lada, E. Lada, A. Sievers, H. Ungerechts, M. Walmsley . ... 1997, "Star Formation with ISO", Lisboa, June 24-26, ASP Conference Series, eds. J. Yun and R. Liseau . ... R. Cesaroni, M. Felli, L. Testi, C.M. Walmsley, L. Olmi . ... Click to examine publications from other years . ... Star Formation Group . ... Arcetri Home Page . ...

... Our recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (August 29, 2014) led to revealing a highly isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy KKs 3 situated at a distance of 2.12 0.07 Mpc from the Milky Way. The dSph galaxy locates on the southern sky (RA=02 h 24 m 44.4 s , Dec.= ... Over the last decade, about 30 dSph galaxies have been discovered inside the Local Group through systematic search in the vicinity of M31 and more that a dozen dSphs were discovered in the nearby group around M81. ...

... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Image credit: ESO, Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey) . First observed in 1909, the WLM galaxy is part of the Local Group, about 10 million light years (3.1 Mpc) across, this is the set of more than 35 galaxies which includes our own Milky Way. ... I compared this little galaxy to a living fossil because looking at it gives us an insight into a past era in the UniverseтАЩs history. ... Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies? . ...

... 2002 . ... Studies of second Byurakan Survey galaxies. ... Petrosian, A., McLean, B., Allen, R. J., Leitherer, C., MacKenty, J., Panagia, N. AJ, 123, 2280 (2002) . Global far-ultraviolet (912 - 1800 A) properties of star-forming galaxies . Leitherer, C., Li, I.-H., Calzetti, D., Heckman, T. M. ApJS, 140, 303 (2002) . Ultraviolet spectra of star forming galaxies with time dependent dust obscuration . ... The massive stellar content in the starburst NGC 3049: a test for hot-star models . ...

... Laboratory "Structure" was created in 1992 from the temporary scientific group formed in 1988 in SAO RAS. In December 2003 it was transformed into group of Physics and Evolution of Galaxies , which enters into new Laboratory of Extragalactic ASTROPHYSICS and COSMOLOGY. ... Kniazev A.Y. senior researcher, associated foreign member . Kniazeva T.F. junior researcher, associated foreign member . ... Lipovetsky Valentin A. (1945-1996) former leader of the Laboratory . ...

... 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. ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Sky this Month . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Hubble sees NGC 7090 т?? an active star-forming galaxy . ... This image portrays a beautiful view of the galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. ... This image portrays a beautiful view of galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. ... These structures trace the location of ongoing star formation, visual confirmation of recent studies that classify NGC 7090 as an active star-forming...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to Guesthouse . ... Survey Telescopes . ... This video fades back and forth between views of the stellar nursery Monoceros R2 in visible and infrared light. The visible-light view was created from digitised photographs through red and blue filters forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS) and the new infrared view comes from the VISTA telescope at Paranal. ...

... Karachentsev I.D., Dolphin A., Tully R.B., Sharina M., Makarova L., Makarov D. , Karachentseva V., Sakai S., Shaya E.J. Advanced Camera for Surveys Imaging of 25 Galaxies in Nearby Groups and in the Field . ... Karachentseva V.E., Melnyk O.V., Vavilova I.B., Makarov D.I. Virial and total masses of galaxy triplets in the Local Supercluster . 2005, Astron. ... Karachentsev I.D., Makarov D.I. "The Galaxy Motion Relative to Nearby Galaxies and the Local Velocity Field" . ...

home publications > mercury . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Exploring Invisible Skies . ... One of the tools these students are using?a radio telescope?explores an invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, radio waves. ... From listening to music on the radio to talking on our cell phones, radio waves are the means used to get information across large distances. ... Radio waves also give us information about the Universe complementing information obtained at other wavelengths. ...

... GSAOI Home . ... Science . ... For example, among the Milky Way's dE companions we see systems with dominant old populations, systems with minor intermediate-age (age ~ 2 to 10 Gyr) components, and systems where the intermediate-age component dominates the old stars. ... This variety of star formation histories is not restricted to the Galaxy's companions. ... To make progress in understanding the processes that govern dwarf galaxy evolution, we need to study systems beyond the Local Group. ...

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... August Solar Eclipse Report: Thursday 11 September 2008 . ... Dr Fosbury is head of the section in the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of ESA's collaboration with NASA on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project at ST-ECF . ... The lecture is entitled "Astronomy today and the role played by the Hubble Space Telescope". ... Tuesday, 16 September 2008 00:44 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...