... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2001 December 25 . Star Forming Region Hubble-V . ... Hubble Heritage Team , NASA . ... Inspection of NGC 6822 shows several bright star groups, including two dubbed Hubble-X and Hubble-V. Pictured above , the Hubble Space Telescope has resolved Hubble V into the energetic stars that are lighting up the surrounding gas. ... About APOD | ...

... W5: Pillars of Star Formation . ... Credit Copyright: WISE , IRSA , NASA ; Processing Copyright : Francesco Antonucci Explanation: How do stars form? Images of the star forming region W5 like those in the infrared by NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite provide clear clues with indications that massive stars near the center of empty cavities are older than stars near the edges. ... Publications with keywords: star formation . Publications with words: star formation . ...

... June 25, 1996 . A Star Forming Region in the LMC . ... Explanation: Stars sometimes form in colorful ways. Pictured above is a small region in the nearby LMC galaxy where stars are forming. ... It may develop a strong wind which pushes away nearby gas ; it may be so hot and intense that emitted light boils away nearby dust and gas , and it may be so massive that it soon goes supernova and catapults its elements back to the interstellar medium . ... About APOD | ... Specific rights apply. ...

... The close proximity of the Magellanic Clouds allows us to probe the nature of these star forming regions at small spatial scales. ... We present the spatial analysis, via aperture/annulus photometry, of 16 Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and 16 Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) H II region complexes using the Spitzer Space Telescope's IRAC (3.6, 4.5, 8 ЮМm) and MIPS (24, 70, 160 ЮМm) bands. ... The IRAC, MIPS, UV, and HЮБ spatial analysis are compared with the spatial analysis of the TIR. ...

T his page contains synthetic Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams (HRDs) for a simulated Star Forming Region, assuming different scenarios and timescales for the history of star formation. ... In the paper we only presented the best fits to the HRD of the CMa R1 Star Forming Region. ... Download movie (1.90 MB) . Scenario II: Constant rate of star formation during a time interval delta t . delta t = 0.1 Myr . ... Scenario IV: Linearly decreasing rate of star formation during a time interval delta t . ...

... We report on our ongoing project ``Infrared Study of HII Regions Associated with Small Clouds.' ... These IR data, combined with optical imaging (which will be obtained from the IAC-80 telescope), IRAS survey maps, and existing CO observations of the associated clouds, will allow us to undertake a detailed investigation of the gas-to-dust mass ratio, initial mass function and the star-formation efficiency in these complexes. ... CHECKPSF: check the PSF (Point Spread Function) model, . ...

... Star Atlas . ... stars . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... As stars form, magnetic fields influence regions big and small . Even though cosmic magnetic fields are much weaker than Earth's magnetic field, they have an important effect in regulating how stars form. ... RELATED TOPICS: STARS | ... The magnetic fields only became misaligned on the smallest scales in cases where strong feedback from newly formed stars created other motions. ...

... SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... The Fiery Birth of Chondrules . ... Chondrules are among the oldest objects in the solar system, dating back to the period when the Sun formed" says Anders Meibom of Stanford University, coauthor of a new paper that examines the chondrules in two chondrites to learn more about how the planets in our solar system formed. ... Lightning zaps and shock waves briefly heated isolated regions of the disk, partially melting the dust. ...

... Chapman and Ferraro (1931, 1932) were first to discuss the existence of a boundary to the Earth's magnetic field. During 1950's, as the concept of continuous solar wind emerged, it was obvious that such a feature should be a permanent feature of the magnetosphere . ... At this location, typically around 8 - 11 Re away on the Earth - Sun line, a large scale duskward (Chapman-Ferraro) current develops in the dayside magnetopause to cancel the Earth's field outside. ... Res., ...

Next: M.E. Bailey, Director Up: Research Previous: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Contents . ... How do Stars Form? ... Other Work and Activities . ... The interaction of young stars with their surroundings are accentuated within Herbig-Haro Objects, where streams and `bullets' of ejected gas impact on the ambient molecular clouds. ... The astrophysical jets are spectacular. ... Michael Smith and collaborators have searched for, and found, the first evidence of rotation within the jets. ...

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The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... by Chris Jordan (University of Tasmanina) . This image is derived from follow-up observations of class I methanol masers found by the MALT-45 survey. Using the ATCA to provide high-resolution positions of these masers, we can accurately compare these masers with other star-forming species. ... The extended "green" emission highlights shocked hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which corresponds well with the class I methanol masers. ... today * ATNF | ... ATCA | ...

I-GALFA View of a Galactic Tangent Region . ... Image featured in NAIC Newsletter #46 . I-GALFA image of hydrogen gas in a tangent region outside the Sagittarius arm. ... Because we are viewing this gas in a direction closely aligned with (tangent to) its orbital motion, it appears to be moving away from us (we are orbiting the Galactic center with a similar speed, but our own motion in a different direction). ... The gas near 60 degrees longitude is being viewed tangent to its orbital motion. ...

April 26, 2005. The 1 st Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad to be held in Siberia (Asian part of Russian Federation) in the first decade of December 2005 (a month later than the 10 th IAO in Beijing ). ... For the 1 st APAO the (age) group of participants to be the same as proposed for IAO since 2006. i.e.: . ... The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2005 - last information . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) . ...

... OCR by H.Andernach 1/96, to be proof-read) This is the first of a series of papers presenting results of a 10-GHz radio continuum survey of the galactic plane region using the 45-m telescope at Nobeyama. ... Weak Nonthermal Sources: A comparison with the Bonn S-GHz survey reveals a number of weak nonthermal sources near the galactic plane. ... For this reason we conducted a survey of the galactic plane region at 10 GHz using the 45-m radio telescope at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO). ...

... Team . ... V.V.Sokolov "The gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and global star forming rate at large redshifts" . ... I.V.Sokolov, A.S.Moskvitin, Eda Sonbas, O.V.Verkhodanov, O.P.Zhelenkova "A galaxy cluster in the GRB 021004 field" . ... The monitoring of GRB afterglows and the study of their host galaxies with the SAO RAS 6-m telescope from 1997". ... A.S.Moskvitin, T.A.Fatkhullin, V.V.Sokolov and V.N.Komarova, "Spectral and photometric monitoring of CCSNe at SAO RAS" . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... FIRST . ... This site is an initiative by MRAO Cambridge to provide improved access for the UK to the images being produced from the FIRST survey. ... Note that a small image returned by this server will have different gridding and orientation from an image of corresponding position and size returned by the FIRST CUTOUT server at the main site. ... This site may evolve to provide more of the facilities available at the FIRST main site in due course. ...

... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . December : 2015 . ... The following regions with sunspots can be now observed on the Sun's surface . Group number . ... Group length (in degrees) . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for December 09, 2015 00:31 UT The following H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for December 09, 2015 00:31 UT . ...

... I present results from several seasons of photometric observations of X--ray sources in the Orion OB1a and OB1b star formation regions. The initial goal was to measure the rotational periods of several dozen pre--main sequence (PMS) stars. ... Infrared and optical data confirm that 90% of the X--ray sources are PMS and about 10% of the PMS stars may have disks. ... I find rotation periods for five stars at confidence of greater than 99.9/ greater than 99/ at much lower confidence. ...