... Kalirai and Harvey Richer of the University of British Columbia led the study, which began as an investigation of a globular star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy known as NGC 6397. ... Within the population of stars and galaxies behind NGC 6397, the Hubble image revealed a large elliptical galaxy that contains several hundred globular clusters. ... In fact, a single giant star in NGC 6397 appears 10 million times brighter than one of the distant globular clusters. ...

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Next: V652HER AND MERGED BINARY Up: EXTREME HELIUM STARS: PULSATION Previous: MASSES . Although pulsations in EHes appear to be ubiquitous, it is not possible to summarize their properties with a single definition. ... The first discovery of pulsation in an EHe was made by Landolt (1975), who discovered a 0.1day photometric period in V652Her, and by Hill et al. (1981), who measured the radial velocity curve and demonstrated the variations were due to radial pulsation. ... 1987, Jeffery et al. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Galaxy Formation and Evolution . ... Gas heating and outflows driven by accreting supermassive black holes (quasar phase) may affect the evolution of star formation in their host galaxy. ... The starburst galaxy M82, which expels dust and metal enriched gas out of its disk . ... The interstellar medium (ISM) plays a central role in galaxy evolution, providing the fuel for star formation and also hosting the ?fossil record? of the galaxy formation history. ...

... By taking advantage of atomic hydrogen (HI) observations obtained as part of the GALEX Arecibo SDSS and ALFALFA surveys, I will demonstrate that the combination of deep, targeted observations and spectral stacking of blind, large-area shallow surveys is critical in order to characterize how the gas content of galaxies depends on their structure, star formation activity and environment. ...

... This chapter documents all the JavaScript objects, along with their methods and properties. ... Full entries for each object appear in alphabetical order; properties and functions not associated with any object appear in Chapter 2, "Top-Level Properties and Functions." ... Tables included in the description of each object summarize the object's methods and properties. Full entries for an object's methods and properties appear in alphabetical order after the object's entry. ...

... 2007 March 5 . Illusion and Evolution in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2667 . ... Explanation: What's happening to the galaxies of cluster Abell 2667? ... To start, most of the yellowish objects in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope are galactic members of a massive cluster of galaxies known as Abell 2667 . ... Light from this galaxy is gravitationally lensed by Abell 2667, appearing much like a distant person would appear through a wine glass. ... About APOD | ...

... Home . ... Main . ... The pulsar group is part of the Australia Telescope National Facility , a division of the CSIRO . The ATNF operates the Parkes radio telescope where the majority of our observations are carried out. ... The ATNF Pulsar Educational Page gives a broad overview of pulsar properties, observations and current research projects. ... Our group developed the web-based ATNF Pulsar Catalogue , which provides comprehensive information on all published pulsars. ... Pulsar Catalogue . ...

... Massive stars, having 10-150 masses of the Sun, with metallicities Z tens to hundreds times less than that of the Sun (Zo), are the main regulators of the galaxy formation and evolution processes in the early Universe. ... In this galaxy, using the 6 m BTA telescope, a new massive blue variable star with high luminosity (>=10 5 Sun's luminocities in visible light) was found. As far as its properties are concerned, this star falls into an LBV (Luminous Blue Variable) class of stars. ...

Next: Supernova Explosions Up: No Title Previous: X-ray Luminosity Evolution . The origin of cosmic rays (CR) (especially of very high energies, >  eV) until now has been one of the unsolved problems in modern astrophysics. It is unclear as yet whether one universal mechanism of relativistic particle formation in our Galaxy operates or not, and if there are several different mechanisms, what is their relative contribution to CR formation. ... compact X-ray stars in binary systems. ...

... We suggest simple method of the selection of distant galaxies based on their radio properties. ... RC0015+0503a , RC0015+0503b , RC0015+0501 , RC0034+0513 , RC0038+0449 , RC0042+0504 . ... RC0105+0501 , RC0110+0500 , RC0117+0503 , RC0126+0502 , RC0133+0459 , RC0135+0450 , RC0137+0539 , RC0143+0505 , RC0152+0453 , RC0154+0459 , RC0159+0448 . ... RC0209+0501b , RC0213+0516 , RC0226+0512 , RC0250+0512 . ... RC0302+0456 , RC0308+0454 , RC0311+0507 , RC0318+0456 , RC0355+0449 . ...

Next: Extinction properties (transmitted radiation) . ... The notes in their current form concern only 2 but main for astronimy aspects of the optical properties of cosmic dust - the ability to extinct and polarize transmitted radiation. The corresponding obervational effects the extinction and polarization (not due to scattering) plaied and plays till now the primary role in astrophysical effects of cosmic dust considered in the literature. ... Extinction properties (transmitted radiation) . ...

Image credit: Michael Nolan, Arecibo Observatory. These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. ... Image from Feb 12 . ... First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory . ... was discovered this week by astronomers at the sensitive radar telescope at Cornell University?s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ... For example, Arecibo has discovered more than half of the near-Earth binary asteroid systems discovered since 1999. ...

... Protoplanetary Disks and the Hunt for the Youngest Exoplanets . ... Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:00 PM . ... But associating the current exoplanet properties with their formation epoch can be problematic, since the formation process is intimately associated with the physical conditions associated with their birthplaces: the disks of gas and dust that orbit young stars. ... Apr . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

Bizyaev D., "The Argument Against Long Extragagalactic Distance Scale", Astron. ... Soviet Astronomy) 1997. ... Zasov A., Bizyaev D., "An Estimate of the Hubble Constant using a Criterion for Gravitational Stability of Gaseous Discs", Pis'ma v Astron. ... 1996. ... D.Bizyaev, "Types of galaxies", 1996, Zvezdochet, No 11, p.22 (in Russian) . D.Bizyaev, "The Hubble Constant", 1996, Zvezdochet, No 2, p.20 (in Russian) . D.Bizyaev, "Magellanic Clouds", 1995, Zvezdochet, No 6, p.12. (in Russian) . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > Science in Garching . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Understanding the diversity and consequences of star and planet formation is a key area of research for ESO. ... Read more and see who is involved in this research area.. Stellar structure and evolution includes the internal structureof stars, the structure and dynamics of stellar atmospheres,as well as stellar winds and mass-loss. ... ESO . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Triton: Neptunes Largest Moon . ... So, looking toward the Sun, extreme ultraviolet cameras onboard STEREO B were able to record a stunning movie of a lunar transit (aka solar eclipse), as the Moon tracked across the solar disk. ... Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 2170 . ... Visible above are red glowing emission nebulas of hydrogen, blue reflection nebulas of dust, dark absorption nebulas of dust, and the stars that formed from them. ... APOD: 2007 February 24- X rays and the Eagle Nebula . ...

... Chandra Observation of DEEP2 Galaxy Groups and Clusters . ... Monday: 'Normal' Galaxies, Tuesday: Cluster Formation and Evolution . ... Statistics of galaxy groups in ultradeep XMM surveys. ... What can multiwavelength observations tell about cluster/group formation as well as galaxy evolution? ... I will present results from a Chandra study of eight low-redshift clusters that has systematically measured the AGN fraction in clusters and describe their spatial, kinematic, and host galaxy...

The very metal-poor local dwarf galaxies - the analogs of primordial galaxies in young Universe . ... The goal of this project is the study of the properties of the local eXtremely Metal-Deficient (XMD) dwarf galaxies. ... S.A. Pustilnik, J.-M. Martin . ... Pustilnik S.A. "Dark galaxies" and local very metal-poor gas-rich galaxies: possible interrelations, in: Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons, Edited by J.Davies and M.Disney, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 244, held 25-30 June, 2007 in Cardiff, UK. ...