In this paper we present a catalog of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the Andromeda (M31) galaxy extracted from the Herschel Exploitation of Local Galaxy Andromeda (HELGA) data set. GMCs are identified from the Herschel maps using a hierarchical source extraction algorithm. We present the results of this new catalog and characterize the spatial distribution and spectral energy properties of its clouds based on the radial dust/gas properties found by Smith et al. ...

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Searching for GRB -GWB coincidence during LIGO science runs Isabel Leonor University of Oregon LIGO-G050216-00-Z Motivation almost 40 years since GRBs were discovered past 15 years has been time of important clues isotropic and inhomogeneous distribution (BATSE); first optical, x-ray, radio counterparts; redshift measurements; association with core-collapse supernovae yet important ...

... Posts tagged ?background? ... Probability density functions are another way of summarizing the consequences of assuming a Gaussian error distribution when the true distribution is Poisson. We can compute the posterior probability of the intensity of a source , when some number of counts are observed in a source region, and the background is estimated using counts observed in a different region. ... In both cases a background of 200 counts collected in an area 40x the source area is used. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

FAMILIES AND SCATTERING . ... An important observation on the orbital distribution of irregular satellites is that satellite families at Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are not well defined. At Jupiter one finds 3-4 reasonably compact retrograde families, corresponding to each of the previously known retrograde irregulars and one prograde family. ... That is contrary to the current doctrine that very little has happened to these irregular satellite families following their collisional formation. ...

A press release on the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey was associated with this poster. ... Below are maps of HI emission, HISA, and 12 CO emission in the eastern 25% of the survey, given as projections along the velocity ( Figure 1 ) and latitude ( Figure 2 ) axes. ... 2000, A. J. , submitted . ... GIF | ... We are developing automated methods of locating HISA in velocity cubes by removing large-scale emission in space and velocity and flagging small-scale dark residuals. ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

... 2001) MIR detection rate towards water masers: ~80% (De Buizer et al. ... Is accompanied by outflow Surprisingly, near-IR outflow observations in H2 showed emission PARALLEL to maser distributions, not perpendicular De Buizer (2003) surveyed sites of linearly distributed methanol masers at CTIO ­ ONLY 2 had emission perpendicular to the maser distribution ­ 12 (86%) had emission parallel to the maser distribution De Buizer (2003) G319.95-0.20 G320.23-0.28 Surprisingly, near...

... Galaxies 99 Cosmic background with model of cloudy interstellar medium Yu. ... Figure 1: Averaged spectrum of the cosmic background I f in frequency range 0.25 200 MHz for the Galactic poles. ... First interpretation of the cosmic noise background spectrum at broad band frequency range 0.25 200 MHz with a model of the cloudy interstellar medium ISM is presented here. ... Synthesized background spectra I f for regions of the Galactic poles at the frequency range 0.25 200 MHz is presented in Fig. ...

... The standard science quicklook processing produces over a dozen sky maps at each downlink, and these maps are automatically searched for potential transient point sources. ... We have found that a heuristic modification of a formula derived by Li & Ma (1983) provides reasonably accurate estimates of p -values for point source detections even for very low p -value detections. ... Case 1u. The most straightforward approach uses the signal , where . ... To get a p -value, use . ...

Next: The stage and Up: The ESO Red Sky Previous: Artefacts . Fig. 3 shows the distribution of stars. The most striking feature is the rapid steepening of the density gradient towards the Milky Way region at the right and left hand edges of the total field, apparent from the dramatic change in colour in this false colour presentation. Noticable changes in star density across even short distances are indicated by colour changes within individual plates. ... Fig. ...

... Why Lyman Limit Systems (a.k.a LLSs)? ... 2014; MF et al. 2015 in prep Method #2: LLS autocorrelation The basic idea behind the experiment is to probe the correlation length of LLSs , which should correspond to the size of halos Dark matter halos NH N H Projected Separation NHI UVB Redshift Method #2: LLS autocorrelation The basic idea behind the experiment is to probe the correlation length of LLSs , which should correspond to the size of ...

Next: Power of test Up: Basic principles of Previous: Test statistics . In principle, it is possible to compute a value of the statistic for a single frequency and to test its consistency with a random signal ( ). ... The factor N means that there is an increased probability of accepting a given value of the statistic as consistent with a random signal. ... In the command individual descriptions, we often refer to probability distributions of specific statistics. ...

... We proposed that information retrieved from the local surface photometric behavior of the Moon could be used for guiding the remote sensing analyses of specific geological targets. ... The value of the difference of intensities mentioned above may be used as a photometric parameter I of the local surface roughness. ... 7] Apollo 11 Prelim. ... Figure 5 represents the diagram of relationship between photometric roughness parameter and local thorium content in different lunar regions. ...

... One of the most widely used tools of Fourier analysis is the Parseval theorem. It enables the experimentalist to view how the `energy' in the signal is distributed among frequencies. The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms have made power spectra one of the obvious diagnostics tools during data acquisition, and energy maps are a versatile alternative. ... The result is an energy map (Fig. 9), showing the distribution of energy corresponding to the wavelet map (Fig. ...

... In some cases where memory space is at a premium, it is possible to tailor the configuration to remove such features as reference clock driver support, debugging support, and so forth. ... The following lines are used in this file: . ... The DEFS_LOCAL line defines global flags that apply to all machines. Ordinarily, the only flags included are the -DDEBUG , which includes the debugging code, and -DREFCLOCK , which includes basic reference clock support. ... D_INCLUDE_BSD_SOURCE . ...

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... Right: cold gas traced by [CII] emission (red) accreting onto a primeval galaxy (green) at z=7.1 ( Maiolino et al. 2015 ) (image credit: ALMA Press Release ) . ... 2010 , Cicone, Maiolino et al. ... 2012 , Cicone, Maiolino et al. ... Right: observed distribution of the average stellar metallicities of passive and star forming galaxies in the local universe, supporting starvation/strangulation as primary quenching mechanism in low/intermediate mass galaxies ( Peng, Maiolino, Cochrane 2015 ). ...