... High-velocity clouds (HVCs) were discovered by Muller, Oort & Raimond (1963) in the 21-cm line emission of neutral, atomic hydrogen. They are gas clouds which are characterised by high radial velocities incompatible with a participation in the rotation of our Galaxy. ... This suggestion was seized by Braun & Burton (1999) who identified 66 compact high-velocity clouds (CHVCs) with positional and kinematic characteristics being compatible with a distribution across the entire Local Group. ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #841 PERIOD COVERED: 0800 EST Daily Status Report as of 070/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed FOS/BL 3538 ( UV spectra of Extended Emission Regions Around QSOs) The Faint Object Spectrograph (Blue Side) was used to make a set of four observations of quasi-stellar object B2-1512+37 to obtain spectra of the extended emission line region around the quasar. ... The observations was executed without problems. ...

... Chandra , NASA Explanation: Is our Milky Way Galaxy surrounded by a halo of hot gas? ... Since NGC 4631 is similar to the Milky Way , this observation indicates that our own Galaxy is indeed surrounded by a halo of hot X-ray emitting gas, although we are too close to clearly differentiate them from more nearby extended X-ray sources. ... Publications with keywords: hot gas - spiral galaxy - NGC 4631 . Publications with words: hot gas - spiral galaxy - NGC 4631 . ... Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945 . ...

... 2001 July 25 . Hot Gas Halo Detected Around Galaxy NGC 4631 . ... Explanation: Is our Milky Way Galaxy surrounded by a halo of hot gas? ... Since NGC 4631 is similar to the Milky Way , this observation indicates that our own Galaxy is indeed surrounded by a halo of hot X-ray emitting gas, although we are too close to clearly differentiate it from more nearby extended X-ray sources. The clusters of massive stars probably heat the halo gas. ... About APOD | ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Lightcurve of HW Vir from images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory . The blue triangles show the difference between two stars whose brightness is constant. ... This shows the value of the Faulkes Telescopes in the follow-up observations of eclipsing binaries with the aim to detect and characterise additional circumbinary companions. ...

... The SMS program is a critical endeavor to investigate whether the predictions of standard cold dark matter cosmology are consistent with the observed matter distribution in the Milky Way halo. It is the deepest, most extended search for optically elusive dwarf satellite galaxies and tidal streams to date, covering the entire Southern hemisphere. ... However only a few dwarf satellites have been found around the Milky Way to date - 22 dwarfs compared to 500-10,000 predicted by theory (Klypin et al. ...

On the origin of the extended infrared shell around NGC 6888 . ... The results of a complex program of research on the extended infrared shell around the nebula NGC 6888 and the star WR 136 are presented. We performed H a observations with a Fabry-Perot interferometer mounted at the focus of the 125-cm telescope and radio continuum (2.7 cm to 31 cm) and 21-cm HI observations with the RATAN-600 radio telescope. ... Curve passages in H I line through area NGC 6888. ...

... Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 145 . ... Optical: Emission around the shell. ... Molonglo at 408 MHz (3': S=180 Jy). ADS . ... Parkes H I absorption. ... 1979, MNRAS, 188, 437. FIRST at 1415 MHz (0'.8: S>95) and Parkes 64-m at 14.7 GHz (2'.2: S=69?8 Jy). ... van den Bergh 1979, ApJ, 227, 497. Optical observations. ... 1979, A&AS, 38, 39. ... MOST at 843 MHz (43''?52'': S=153?40 Jy), and Parkes 64-m at 8.4 GHz (3': S=68?5 Jy), including polarisation. ... Parkes 64-m OH observations. ...

INTEGRAL observations of SS433 : new results Anatol Cherepashchuk Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia In collaboration with: Rashid Sunyaev ... Eleonora Antokhina, Nikolai Shakura, Darja Kosenko, Elena Seifina,Sergey Molkov (IKI) 1 Overview · Introduction · · · · Observations Analysis of hard X-ray spectra Analysis of hard X-ray eclipses Discussion and conclusions December 26, 2007 ...

... One striking feature is a small source of almost pure H 2 line emission, which is located near one of the compact sources in Orion reported by O'Dell and collaborators (HST-18 = 203-504). ... H-H objects, Proplyds, Orion Bar, H 2 . ... We obtained a series of images across the bright rim of the Orion Bar near the peaks of mm-wave molecular line emission with NICMOS cameras 1-3 (NIC1, NIC2, NIC3) in several filters on 1998 February 18. ... The suggestion of an H-H object does not seem compelling. ...

... astro-ph . ... We present the goals and preliminary results of an unbiased, near-infrared, narrow-band imaging survey of the First Galactic Quadrant (10deg<l<65deg ; -1.3deg<b<+1.3deg). ... We publish 16 Doppler imaging temperature maps for the years 1994-2002 of the active RS CVn star II Peg. ... Through Doppler imaging we want to study the spot evolution of the star and in particular compare this with previous results showing a cyclic spot behaviour and persistent active longitudes. ...

K-band Arcetri Obscured Supernova Search . What is the KAOSS Project? W hat is the KAOSS Project? Some recent surveys aimed at detecting Supernovae (SNe) in the optical have found that starburst galaxies do not show evidence for an enhanced SN rate, with respect to quiescent galaxies (Richmond et al. ... A similar result was obtained by Navasardyan et al. (2001) who looked for SNe in interacting galaxies, finding no evidence for correlations between SN rate and galaxy properties. ...

... 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. ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

High Angular Resolution Science: VLBI at Arecibo By Murray Lewis Arecibo's global internet connectivity increased steadily in 2008. ... Forbrich et al. attempted to detect non-thermal coronal radio emission from four proto stars with sub-AU spatial resolution and µJy sensitivity using Arecibo in the HSA. ... The phase referencing technique in VLBI observations makes it possible to study weak radio sources by increasing the effective coherence time from a few minutes to hours at a stretch. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Regularity and chaos for planetary orbits in binaries D. Benest Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France 1. ... Previous papers showed that stable planetary orbits, around either the lightest or the heaviest component of several nearby binary systems, exist up to distances from their primary of the order of more than half the binary's periastron sep­ aration. ... Chaos: bounded or sticky? It is now well­known that planetary dynamics may include some proportion of chaos. ...

... Using the obtained above dependence of compact binary merging rates in the elliptical galaxy on time (Fig. ) and assuming the cosmological origin of GRB as products of binary NS/BH coalescences, we can compute the theoretical - curve. ... Figure: (Right panel) The 2-nd BATSE catalog (solid points) is fitted by the cosmological GRB model (from Lipunov et al. ... Note that the total GRB rate in the Universe is per year, 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the total binary NS merging rate. ...

... 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. ...

... Previous: Generalized Linear Multi-Frequency Imaging in VLBI . ... At Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University (OAUV), CCD observations of asteroids and big planets satellites are obtained since 2001 with a big format camera and several telescopes. ... Software for comparison of single and overlapped CCD fields obtained at different epochs has been developed. ... After images measurement in CCD field, catalogue stars are identified and adjusted with images. ...

... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... milky way . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Has dark matter ever been detected in or around the Milky Way Galaxy? ... While some scientists claim theyт??ve seen evidence of a т??windт?? of dark-matter particles, most members of the astronomy community believe this was a false detection and direct observation of this mysterious material hasnт??t happened yet. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com!...