In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

... The Galactic low-mass X-ray binary GS 2023+338 was discovered during the burst on May 22, 1989 with the Japanise satellite Ginga (aka Galaxy). The flux reached 17 crabs (this unit of flux measurement is an bright X-ray source, Crab Nebula) at 10-35 keV. ... No other radio telescope worldwide carried out multi-frequency measurements. ... Upon 14 days the radio flux fell below the detection level at the RATAN-600 in relation to the decrease of the X-ray flux. ...

Detected Supernovae . The search have produced till now the detections of 4 SNe. ... This result highlights the power of infrared monitoring in detecting Obscured SNe and indicates that optical surveys are probably missing a significant fraction of SNe, especially in obscured systems such as starburst galaxies. ... In Fig. we show the archival SOFI image of NGC3256 (left) and the first image obtained in 2001 (right) where SN2001db has been detected. ...

Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . ... Credit Copyright: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... As the comet passed the Earth in late March, repeated observations with ROSAT also showed that the X-ray brightness changed over just a few hours. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... In the three intervening decades there have been many observations of this diffuse emission over a wide range of x-ray energies. ... During the 1970's researchers at the University of Wisconsin, lead by Dr. William Kraushaar, used a series of sounding rocket flights to map the diffuse x-ray emission from the sky in several bands. ... University of Wisconsin Sky Survey map of the B-band (0.13-0.188 keV) x-ray intensity. ... University of Wisconsin Sky Survey map of the 2-6 keV band x-ray intensity. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 11, 1996 . Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) . Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... About APOD | ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Comet Tutorial . ... On July 1, 1993 an image was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) that clearly shows at least 15 individual fragments in one image frame of the train. ... This made an accurate orbit (or orbits) difficult to determine; however, after numerous observations of the comet, astronmers determined that the comet had passed within 96,000 kilometers (60,000 miles) of the center of Jupiter or 25,000 kilometers (16,000 miles) from the cloud tops during the July 8, 1992, approach. ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

Circularly polarized emission from the transient bursting radio source GCRT J1745-3009: Emission from magnetized dw arf ? ... Size < 8.R. Brightness temperature >1010 K for distance >1 pc, and circular poln. rules out thermal and incoherent synchrotron emission. ... Flare stars (typically dwarf stars of class G to M) in the Galaxy could emit strong high Cir. Pol. radio emission. ... Comparison with flare star Cir. ... GCRT could be outbursts from a highly subsolar flare star with a distance 4 kpc. ...

Proposal Identification No.: A2043 Date Received: 2005­Jan­31 15:38:05 Technical Page Proposal Type: Short General Category: Astronomy Sub­Category: Spectroscopy Observation Category: Extragalactic Total Time Requested: 3 Hours Proposal Title: H I 21 cm Search for a Ly alpha Absorbing Galaxy ABSTRACT: We request observing time on the Arecibo Radio Telescope to look for the HI emission spectrum of a nearby lyman­alpha­dense galaxy discovered recently with the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...

... V838 Mon is a member of a new class of eruptive variables which appear as a peculiar novae having late K-M type spectra in their outburst. Before its outburst, it was a wide binary system of B3V type stars. ... The B3V companion was seen in the outburst in the UV spectrum taken with HST (Rauch et al., ... In the latest spectra, the light of B3V companion was predominating in the short-wave photometric bands. ... CCD blue frames of V838 Mon before the eclipse (left) and in the eclipse (right). ...

... Ignacio Ugarte Urra's PhD thesis topic is the investigation of coronal bright points. In his first paper (in collaboration with Gerry Doyle and Maria Madjarska) he investigated the formation, evolution and decay of a coronal bright point via a spectroscopic analysis of its transition region counterpart and the evolution of the underlying magnetic bipole during 3 days of almost continuous observations. ... In general the bright point has a radiance 4 times higher than that of the network. ...

... We present ultraviolet and optical spectra of the bright (V=16.5), high-redshift ( ) QSO HE1122 - 1649 (Reimers et al. 1995a,1995b). ... Keywords: absorption lines . ... The combined data are shown in Figure 1. ... The Ly profile reveals an absorbing subcomponent at in agreement with results from heavy element absorption lines detected in the high resolution optical data. ... Figure: Velocity profiles of heavy element absorption lines arising in the damped Ly system as seen in the optical data. ...

... GAMMA RAY BURSTS . with guest Dr. Dale Frail from National Radio Astronomy Observatory . ... Gamma-Ray Bursts . A Collection of Resources to Get Behind the Headlines . Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & ASP) . ... This is a fine introduction to violent events in the universe by a noted astronomer, with a good section on gamma-ray bursts. ... On the Swift mission and what it is teaching astronomers about gamma-ray bursts. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/bursts.html . ...

... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

... Master . ... About Space Monitoring Laboratory, scientific directions, instruments, contacts . ... 20.06.2012 . ... 27 Apr 2012: GRB 120427A: MASTER follow up observations GCN13274 . ... 29 Mar 2012: MASTER OT 123412-632503 detection during Swift trigger 518853 ATel4007 . 26 Mar 2012: GRB 120323A: MASTER follow up observations GCN13116 . ... 29 Jan 2012: GRB 120129A: MASTER optical observations GCN12907 . 06 Jan 2012: GRB 120106A: MASTER Early OT marginally detection GCN12818, GCN12811 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observations of optical flares challenge theories on magnetars . ... The next step of the scientists therefore must be to study the consequences magnetar theories predict for optical emission. ... Astronomers explore magnetar mega-flare . ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

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