Amanda Karakas One of the most important research fields in astrophysics is the study of the origin of the elements. ... Asymptotic Giant Blanch (AGB) Stars: For low and intermediate-mass stars (with initial masses between about 0.8 to 8 solar masses) the most important nucleosynthesis occurs when stars evolve off the main sequence to the giant branches. ... This indicates that these stars obtained their unusual abundances via mass transfer from a previous red giant star, that has long evolved away. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . ... Meade Series 5000 HD-60 6.5mm 6-Element Eyepiece (1.25") . ... Meade Series 5000 6.5mm HD-60 6-Element Eyepiece, #07730 (1.25"). The latest advancement in the Meade Series 5000 eyepiece series offers a large 60 apparent field of view and a flat field of view which is tack sharp right to the edge. ... Meade Series 5000 Pl ssl Eyepieces offer a very wide field-of-view, with pinpoint edge of field sharpness and contrast. ...

... Development of Ideas of Structure and Evolution of Stars. Integral Features of Stars, Which Determine Their Structure, Direction and Rate of Evolutuion. ... Connection between Potential and Thermal Energy of Star. ... Structure of a Main Sequence Star. Features of Massive Stars Evolution on the Main Sequence. Internal Structure of the Sun. ... White Dwarfs, Their Features. ... Evolution from the Main Sequence of Massive Stars. ... Evolution of Small Mass Stars till White Dwarfs Sequence. ...

... 172 ] Briefly, the count rate at the detector from a source at a redshift z is . ... Figure 55 shows the ``Green functions'' for the double compact binary merging rate   evolution assuming no collapse anisotropy. ... Another way that diverse peculiarities in the - distribution induced by the sources evolution could arise is connected with a possible non-monotonic character of the star formation rate in galaxies. ... 22 ] Figure  56 shows two-dimensional cuts through the parameter space. ...

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Next: Optical spectrum of IRAS04296 Up: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant Previous: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant . This paper is a continuation of our series of papers on the investigation of stars which are believed to be in the post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stage of evolution (Klochkova 1995; Zacs et al. ... Next: Optical spectrum of IRAS04296 Up: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant Previous: The peculiar post-AGB supergiant Klochkova V.G. 12/20/1999 ...

The silicates that produce the 10 and 18 micron features appear to be broadly similar to terrestrial minerals such as Forsterite and Enstatite. ... Where pre-solar silicate dust grains can be isolated from meteorite material, these also tend to be Mg-rich silicates rather than Fe-rich silicates. ... It has been suggested that the interstellar silicate grains have a different 10 micron feature profile than what is observed for the silicates around evolved stars. ...

To a special Solar Physics issue on the Bastille Day Event: . ... Multi-scale temporal features of the 14 July 2000 meter-wavelength dynamic radio spectrum compared with TRACE data . ... Figure 1 (100 KB). SOHO/EIT (a) and LASCO/C2 (b) images show the region of the eruptive flare event of 14 July 2000 and related halo CME. ... Figure 2 (47 KB). ... Figure 3 (115 KB). Medium-scale dynamic spectrum (a), 204 MHz metric (b) and 3000 MHz microwave (c) profiles of the "Bastille Day" event. ...

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Ballistic life-time . ... The orbit inclination to the equatorial plane (black line) and to the ecliptic plane (red line) are shown on the third panel. ... The launch orbital elements value and its evolution during flight is shown on the plot for the time interval (August 3, 1995 - October 16 2000). ... The critical parameter is perigee altitude shown on the first panel. ... This parameter determine the IB_Tail ballistic lifetime up to October 16, 2000. ... Dated 25 May, 2000 . ... INTERBALL mission ...

... 2011 November 24 . Caught in the Afterglow . Illustration Credit: ESO , L. Cal ada - Research Team: Sandra Savaglio ( MPE ) et al. Explanation: In this artist's illustration , two distant galaxies formed about 2 billion years after the big bang are caught in the afterglow of GRB090323 , a gamma-ray burst seen across the Universe . ... Spectra illustrating dark absorption lines of the galaxies' elements imprinted on the afterglow light are shown as insets. ... About APOD | ...

... Stellar cinders . Born-again stars . ... Heavyweight Stars . ... What will happen inside the Sun and why? ... These are questions about "stellar evolution", the history of stars as they are transformed by nuclear processes deep inside. ... Most of what we know about stellar evolution comes from computer models of stars. ... We learn about the evolution of high-mass stars from HR diagrams of young galactic open clusters, and the evolution of low-mass metal-poor stars from old globular clusters. ...

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... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Late Stages of Stellar Evolution . Welcome to the home page of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution" We are a research group which operates within the Astrophysics Group of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ... To investigate the late stages of stellar evolution and in particular the role of stellar mass-loss in the evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars, proto-planetary nebulae and extremely massive stars. ...

... Inhomogeneous planetary nebulae: Carbon and Oxygen abundances, Astron. ... Abstract . text in English . ... text in Russian . ... Chemica evolution of the system of galactic planetary nebulae , Astrophysics, 45 , 451-463 (2002) . ... Evolution of Elemental Abundances in Planetary Nebulae, Astronomy Letters, 32 , 557-565 ( 2006 ) . ... text in Russian (0.23Mb) . ... He, C, N, and O Abundances in an Ensemble of Galactic Planetary Nebulae, Astronomy Letters, 35 , 518-533 ( 2009 ) . ...

... The distributions of orbits eccenttricities and of angular momenta for the halo stars and the old disk population are considered. The distributions have gaps separating the halo from the disk and dividing the halo population into three groups. ... Рассмотрены распределения звезд гало и старого населения диска по величине эксцентриситета орбит и угового момента. Распределения имеют провалы, отделяющие гало от диска и делящие населения гало на три группы. ...

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... Star Size Comparisons . ... What's visible in the night sky during this time of year? To help illustrate the answer, a beautiful land, cloud, and skyscape was captured earlier this month over NeuchБtel, Switzerland. Visible in the foreground were the snow covered cliffs of the amphitheater shaped Creux du Van, as well as distant trees, and town-lit clouds. ... The North America Nebula in Infrared . ... The North America Nebula can do what most North Americans cannot -- form stars. ...

The Stats of Couples From Pairing Algorithms to Binary Mass-Ratio Distributions Yutong Shan Binary Formation: Theory vs. Observation How do we think most Binaries form? ... 2009) Mass-Ratio Distribution: жpik's Law Observed binary mass-ratio distribution is often `fitted' with a power law: жpik's Law: f(q) ~ q q = Msecondary/Mpri mary жpik's Exponent, Equal-mass favoured Unequal-mass favoured Primary Mass (Mprim) Flat Often stated as a function of Primary Mass q = Msec / Mprim (Raghavan et al. ...

Armed with these assumptions, observations, and laws, cosmologists try to build a theory of the development, or evolution, of the universe. ... Over the past 70 years, they have constructed and tested a theory that seems to explain the major properties of the universe: the Big Bang theory. ... This is an important point: The Big Bang theory allows for many different scenarios of the detailed evolution and composition of the universe. ... Because of a theory called nucleosynthesis. ...