... 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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... My primary research interests are the formation and evolution of nuclear star clusters. ... Nuclear star clusters are common objects in nearby galaxies. ... Feldmeier-Krause, A. ; Neumayer, N.; SchУЖdel, R.; Seth, A.; Hilker, M.; de Zeeuw, P. T.; Kuntschner, H.; Walcher, C. J.; LУМtzgendorf, N.; Kissler-Patig, M. Astronomy Astrophysics, accepted, 2015 . ... SchУЖdel, R.; Feldmeier, A. ; Neumayer, N.; Meyer, L.; Yelda, S. Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 31, Issue 24, 12/2014 . ... 2014 . ...

... Research . ... A rare hybrid morphology radio galaxy . ... In this project we will be able to investigate the environmental effect on star formation and galaxy evolution in individual galaxies falling into the cluster through radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Current models of galaxy evolution regulate the star formation rates within the simulated galaxies by invoking radio-mode feedback from AGN. ... Julie.Banfield@anu.edu.au . ...

... 2007 June 19 . Eris: More Massive than Pluto . ... Explanation: Eris , a dwarf planet currently orbiting the Sun at about twice Pluto's distance, has been measured to have about 27 percent more mass than Pluto. The mass was calculated by timing the orbit of Eris' moon Dysnomia . Images taken with a ground-based Keck telescope , when combined with existing images taken by Hubble Space Telescope , show that Dysnomia has a nearly circular orbit lasting about 16 days. ... About APOD | ...

... The star formation rate (SFR) of the current SF episode can be estimated from the total H luminosity. ... For the derived total flux F (H )=5.8 erg s -1 cm -2 we obtain a total H luminosity of 10 39 erg s -1 . ... The total mass of ionized gas can be obtained from the average mass density inside the H II region and its volume. An average mass density corresponding to the average electron density of 1 cm -3 within a volume with a diameter of 0.5 kpc yields a total ionized gas mass of 10 6 . ...

... What clouds lurk beneath Saturn's unusual South Pole? ... Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it a record holder. This star is the brightest object located just above the gas front in the above image. ... Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. ...

... 23 September 2004 - Telescope First Light! ... 30 July 2004 . ... NIC-FPS is an instrument combining the capabilities of a near-infrared imaging camera with a cryogenic Fabry-Perot etalon currently under development at the Center for Space Astrophysics and Space Astronomy , University of Colorado with support from Rice University , Ball Aerospace and the Astrophysical Research Consortium. It is scheduled to begin operations on the ARC 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory in 2004. ...

... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Astronomers recently discovered brown dwarfs of only a few hundred degrees fahrenheit, which seems about the same temperature as some planets. So what is the difference between a brown dwarf and a planet? ... RELATED TOPICS: BROWN DWARFS . This is an excellent question, and it s one that even astronomers have a hard time agreeing on. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Discover | ...

. Other Relevant Links . Number counts have been illustrated earlier in the talk. QSO Clustering and Large-Scale Structure , Scott Croom et al . QSO Evolution and the Luminosity Function , B.J. Boyle et al . | Front page | . | << - Contamination | QSO close pairs - >> | . Robert J. Smith, ">rsmith@mso.anu.edu.au Last modified: Fri Sep 24 11:39:02 EST 1999 .

... In 1930, Trumpler noticed that linear diameters (LD) of open clusters increase with distance (D) from the Sun. ... Since that time, the interstellar absorption has become one of the best studied factor in astrophysics, and we may hope that current OCL distance scales are free from this LD-D correlation. To verify if this is the case we have chosen several modern OCL distance scales and test them with the same clusters and the same angular diameters that Trumpler had used back in 1930. ...

As noted earlier Kristian Birkeland, reporting in 1903 on his expeditions to the auroral zone, proposed that magnetic disturbances accompanying the aurora were caused by large electric currents flowing down the length of auroral formations. ... Some scientists disagreed with Birkeland and claimed the electrojets did not connect to space but instead their entire circuit lay inside the ionosphere, like that of other ionospheric currents known at the time, believed to be caused by atmospheric tides. ...

... Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Cluster: Super-massive Star Clusters or Extremely Compact Dwarf Galaxies? ... We suggest that these objects are either super-massive star clusters (intra-cluster globular clusters or tidally stripped nuclei of dwarf galaxies) or a new type of low-luminosity compact elliptical dwarf (``M32-type'') galaxy. ... Keywords: galaxies: star clusters -- galaxies: dwarf -- galaxies: formation . ... Properties of the compact objects ...

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... Protoplanetary Disks and the Hunt for the Youngest Exoplanets . ... Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM . ... But associating the current exoplanet properties with their formation epoch can be problematic, since the formation process is intimately associated with the physical conditions associated with their birthplaces: the disks of gas and dust that orbit young stars. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Files in red?history) . ... Auroral Currents . 25H. Birkeland Currents . ... As noted earlier Kristian Birkeland, reporting in 1903 on his expeditions to the auroral zone, proposed that magnetic disturbances accompanying the aurora were caused by large electric currents flowing down the length of auroral formations. ... In later years these currents became known as the auroral electrojets , and considerable debate ranged over their cause and the way their circuit might be completed. ...

... More recently, I have been concerned with observing masers located in the circumstellar shells generated by red giant stars in their mass-loss phase, and in what we can therefore learn about the late stages of stellar evolution. 100 mJy are now undetectable after ~12 years, aka the DEATH of an OH/IR star or its cyclical evolution back to a Mira variable. ... I find that this momentum flux is sufficient to support the largest observed rates of AGB mass-loss. last updated: 14 January 2015 . ...

UPPER PANEL: The gas surface density map in log scale. The red circle in the center represents the central protostar. The development of spiral structure in the protostellar disk is evident. Dense protostellar/protoplanetary clumsp form within the spiral arms and are driven into the protostar by the action of gravitational torques. LOWER PANEL: The mass accretion rate onto the protostar as a function of time. The mass accretion rate is characterized by very short ( . ...

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Starbust galaxies represent those galaxies which are currently experiencing a phase of active star formation which is substantially higher than the time average star formation rate. ... A technical discussion of galactic winds and baryonic blowout in the case of low mass galaxies can be found here To investigate this possibility we have selected two extreme starburst galaxies with astounding levels of H-alpha emission. ... The first Fabry-Perot (FP) image shows just the very center of the galaxy. ...