... 2014 June 25 . The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies . ... Explanation: These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster , an archipelago of island universes a mere 500 million light-years away . ... In fact , the Hercules Cluster itself may be seen as the result of ongoing mergers of smaller galaxy clusters and is thought to be similar to young galaxy clusters in the much more distant, early Universe . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Explanation: How do you calibrate a huge gravitational lens? In this case the lens is the galaxy cluster Abell 383 , a massive conglomeration of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter that lies about 2.5 billion light years away ( redshift z=0.187). ... This technique compl e ments other measures including computing the dark matter needed to contain internal galaxy motions , to confine cluster hot gas , and to create the gravitational lens image distortions. ... The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies . ...

This site provides on-line access to publications, figures, and data tables related to an extensive multi-wavelength observational program to study distant galaxy clusters. ... Lori Lubin, Bev Oke, and Marc Postman have been studying a sample of 9 distant clusters (some taken from the PDCS) using the Keck 10m telescope, the HST, and the KPNO 4m (for IR imaging). ... A Study of Nine High-Redshift Clusters of Galaxies: I. The Survey, . ... A Study of Nine High-Redshift Clusters of Galaxies: II. ...

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. ...

... STScI-PRC98-21 A BRIGHT RING OF STAR BIRTH AROUND A GALAXY'S CORE An image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals clusters of infant stars that formed in a ring around the core of the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 4314. ... This close-up view by Hubble also shows other interesting details in the galaxy's core: dust lanes, a smaller bar of stars, dust and gas embedded in the stellar ring, and an extra pair of spiral arms packed with young stars. ... However, they are older than those in the ring. ...

Our early publications since 1990 till 1995 year . ... 7.Yu.I.Izotov, N.G.Guseva, V.A.Lipovetsky, A.Yu.Kniazev, J.A. Stepanian, 1990, Nature, 343, 238, Unusual low heavy-element abundance found in the blue compact galaxy SBS 0335-052 8.Yu.I.Izotov, N.G.Guseva, V.A.Lipovetsky, A.Yu,Kniazev, J.A.Stepanian, 1990, Physical Processes in Fragmentation and Star Formation, 1990, Kluwer Academic Publisher, p.235-240. ... New blue compact dwarf galaxies with low heavy-element abundances. ... 1993. ...

. Hercules Cluster of Galaxies . Coma Cluster of Galaxies . HST picture of intermediate redshift cluster . Distant HST Cluster ___________________________________________________________________ The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu

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Title: A New Model of the Gravitational Lens 0957+561 and a Limit on the Hubble Constant . Authors: Norman A. Grogin , Ramesh Narayan (Harvard Univ.) ... Title: ROSAT/PSPC observation of the distant cluster CL0939+472 . ... Title: Interaction in the Bimodal Galaxy Cluster A3528 . ... Title: Cosmological Implications of Galaxy Cluster Evolution . ... Title: Galaxy Cluster Virial Masses and Omega . ... Matches 201 to 222 from a total of 222 matches for the search pattern galaxy cluster . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Colin Johnston . ... Our Galaxy . ... To locate it, look along the imaginary line between the two end stars on the leading edge of the PloughтАЩs blade (Merak and Dubhe) and Polaris (the North Star), the galaxy M82 (also known as the Cigar Galaxy) along with its companion M81, lies just off this line about a third of the way between the Plough and Polaris. €а€аAs usual, the supernova is far brighter than its home galaxy, appearing as an extra star. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Studying the first galaxy clusters with ALMA . ... ALMA will provide a major leap forward in our capabilities of studying the high-redshift universe, especially the first galaxies. ... These first galaxies are also found to cluster relatively strongly, and are expected to form proto-clusters, later growing to be the fully-formed galaxy clusters we see in the local Universe....

... D. J. Burke and J. Patrick Henry . The Astrophysical Journal, submitted. ... S. Brough, W. J. Couch, C. A. Collins, T. Jarrett, D. J. Burke , R. G. Mann . ... D. A. Wake, C. A. Collins, R. C. Nichol, L. R. Jones, D. J. Burke . ... R. Sadat, A. Blanchard, S. C. Vauclair, D. H. Lumb, J. Bartlett, A. K. Romer, J.-P. Bernard, M. Boer, P. Marty, J. Nevalainen, D. J. Burke , C. A. Collins, R. C. Nichol, . ... S. Majerowicz, D. M. Neumann, A. K. Romer, R. C. Nichol, D. J. Burke , C. A. Collins . ...

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. ...

... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Using a database view Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), containing almost a million spectra created 15,000 sample galaxies with active star formation, which is used for various studies and physical state of evolution of galaxies. ... Star clusters of the Galaxy . The project MWSC (Milky Way Star Clusters) directory using 2MASS, which includes nearly 500 million vision to the limit Ks = 15.3, analyzed more than 4,000 cluster-like objects in the galaxy. ...

... V.V.Makarov, V.P.Reshetnikov, V.A.Yakovleva . Photometric study of the peculiar galaxy NGC 2685" . ... eds.), Tallinn, 1989, p.19 . ... Press, 1994, p.272-273 . ... A.A.Mullari, V.V.Orlov, St.Petersburg Univ. ... conference, St.Petersburg, 1997, p.168-169 . ... All-Russian Astronomical Conference, Book of Abstracts, . ... in "Astronomy: traditions, present, future", V.V.Orlov, V.P.Reshetnikov, N.Ya.Sotnikova (eds.), St.Petersburg University Press, 2007, p.92-115 (in Russian) . ...

... Confirmation that a mysterious cloud of hydrogen in the Virgo Cluster is a dark galaxy has been published by a team of astronomers . New evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Netherlands has been used to rule out all but one of the ideas put forward to explain the existence of VIRGOHI 21, an intergalactic gas cloud 50 million light-years from the Earth. ... Only Dark Matter can account for the existence of such a system. ...

... 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 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... In some photographs of galaxy clusters, why are the arcs of a lensed galaxy blue? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... AMI Science . ... Observations of galaxy clusters are central to the AMI science programme. The AMI Small Array is used to observe already-known clusters with high-sensitivity and resolution, allowing us to extract detailed information about individual clusters and to build up statistics about the cluster population. ... Observing galaxy clusters at 15 GHz is tricky because of the contamination from foreground radio sources, which is where the Large Array comes in! ...

Wednesday, June 18 9:30 0:20 9:50 0:20 10:10 0:20 10:30 0:20 10:50 0:20 11:10 Parallel Session I, IKI Conference Hall Cosmology, Recombination, CMB, SZ-effect, Surveys (Chair: E.Churazov) Cosmological Recombination CMB spectral distortions: an unexplored window to early-Universe physics After Planck: The road to observing 17 e-folds of inflation The Planck SZ Galaxy Clusters: a reference sample for cosmology A Sunyaev-Zel'dovich take on cluster radio halos: A new cosmic signpost? ...