We model multi-wavelength broadband UBVIJHKs and Spitzer IRAC and MIPS photometry and Infrared Spectrograph spectra from the SAGE and SAGE-Spectroscopy observing programs of two oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (O-rich AGB) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using radiative transfer (RT) models of dust shells around stars. ... The models compute the dust mass-loss rates for the two stars to be 2.0 ц— 10-9 Msun yr-1 and 2.3 ц— 10-9 Msun yr-1, respectively. ...

The CHIANTI database consists of 4 primary ASCII files for each ion in the database. contains the energy levels in cm^(-1) It includes both experimental data and theoretical values of the levels energies. ... Data., 14, Supplement No.2. %theoretical energy levels: Zhang, H.L., Pradhan, A.K., 1995, A , 293, 953. %comment: also identified by Zhang and Pradhan: 145 21 3d6.( ... 3F1).4p 4 4 4 G 2.5 6 89727.344 0.81765807 319 36 3d6.( 3F1).4p 4 4 4 G 3.5 8 89890.375 0.81914371 320 36 3d6.( ...

Next: On-Line Catalog Information Up: The Second EGRET Catalog Previous: Discussion . ... The 91 sources with include the LMC, 40 sources identified with active galactic nuclei (AGN) with high confidence, 11 sources which may be AGN, and 39 unidentified sources. 31 sources reported in the first EGRET catalog do not appear in this catalog. 5 of these are sources which were identified with AGN; all 5 of these now have statistical significance just below the threshold for the present catalog. ...

... The ROSAT Bright Survey: II. Catalogue of all high-galactic latitude RASS sources with PSPC countrate CR > 0.2 s -1 . ... 1S We present a summary of an identification program of the more than 2000 X-ray sources detected during the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (Voges et al. 1999) at high galactic latitude, |b| > 30degr , with countrate above 0.2 s -1 . This program, termed the ROSAT Bright Survey RBS, is to more than 99.5% complete. ...

An OH survey for Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch stars P. te Lintel Hekkert, J.M. Chapman We present a survey for OH maser emission at 18 cm in the direction of 196 IRAS point sources. ... OH emission and/or absorption was detected in the direction of 77 sources of which 61 OH detections were previously unknown, giving an overall detection rate of 39 per cent. ... These included three \pn\ (two new OH detections), nine \ppn\ (three new OH detections) and two cold OH/IR stars (both previously known). ...

I will present theresults from a deep, extended, planetary nebulae survey in a 0.5 sqdeg region centered on the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 4486 (M87) in the Virgo cluster core, carried out with SuprimeCam@Subaru and FLAMES-GIRAFFE@VLT. ... A substructure detected in the projected phase-space of the line-of-sight velocity vs. major axis distance for the M87 halo planetary nebulae provides evidence for the recent accretion event of a satellite galaxy with luminosity twice that of M33. ...

Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...

Each point in this graph represents one star in NGC 2808. The vertical axis represents the brightness (as measured through Hubble's near-infrared F814W filter) of the stars (the brightest stars near the top). The horizontal axis represents the colours of the stars, with bluer stars to the left and redder to the right (blue magnitude minus near-infrared magnitude). ...

... Colour transformations are supplied only for the three visual bandpass filter (U, B, V). ... compute the colour term (mag1-mag2) in the instrumental system . select the applicable colour transformation . ... the correct branch of the colour transformation is selected: . match the value of the optional parameter branch (if not set the default value 0 is used) to the value in the column BRANCH of the CCF COLOURMAG extension. the correct interval of the colour transformation is selected: . ...

... The large majestic Lagoon Nebula is home for many young stars and hot gas. ... The Deep Field . ... The image above is part of the Hubble Deep Field and represents humanity's most distant yet optical view of the Universe. ... Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse . ... Betelgeuse (sounds a lot like "beetle juice"), a red supergiant star about 600 lightyears distant, is shown here in this Hubble Space Telescope image which represents the first direct picture of the surface of a star other than the Sun. ...

... A hundred years later, a handful of Tunguska-sized asteroids have been spotted by telescopes, but most remain unseen. The asteroid designated 2008 TC3 , which made the news on October 6th before colliding with the Earth on October 7th was too small to constitute a part of the "Earth impact hazard". ... 2008 TC3, for example, finally exploded in the atmosphere above Sudan . ... Wednesday, 8 October 2008 01:15 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... arXiv.org . astro-ph . ... We fit the near-infrared to radio spectral energy distributions of 30 luminous and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies with pure starburst models or models that include both starburst and AGN components to determine important physical parameters for this population of objects. In particular we constrain the optical depth towards the luminosity source, the star formation rate, the star formation efficiency and the AGN fraction. ...

... 2002 March 7 . Comet Ikeya-Zhang Brightens . ... Explanation: In the last week , Comet Ikeya-Zhang has become bright enough to be just visible to the unaided eye. Based on its present activity, observers are optimistic that Ikeya-Zhang will become substantially brighter. This composite color image from March 3rd, captured with a wide-field telescope, shows this active comet's bright, condensed coma and a delightful array of subtle structures in its developing tail. ... About APOD | ...

THE 75th NAME-LIST OF VARIABLE STARS. ... The 75th Name-List consists of two tables. ... the literature, taken from positional catalogues, including USNO A1.0/A2.0 and GSC, or determined by the authors); the range of variability (sometimes the column Min gives, in parentheses, the amplitude of light variation; the symbol ( means that the star , in minimum light, becomes fainter, than the magnitude indicated); and the system of magnitudes used ( P are photographic ...

... General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS database, Version 2012 Feb.) ... The cross-identification tables of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) contain all GCVS (including extragalactic variables from vol.V), NSV (New catalogue of Suspected Variable stars) and Supplement to the NSV stars as well as stars from the name-lists of variable stars nos. 67 - 80; it also makes it possible to find out identifications between the GCVS and the NSV catalogue. ... I-III) names are included. ...

... 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. ...

On the problem of using of the ICRF radio coordinates reference system Lipovka A.A. (1), Lipovka N.M. (1) Center of research for physics, Sonora State University e-mail: nila_lip@mail.ru Bibliography 1. ... Columns 8, 9 are corrections to right ascension and declination, which should be added to coordinates of ICRF2 radio sources, to obtain coordinates of optical objects, with which these radio sources are identified. ... Lipovka .. ... Fig 3 Fig 3 ...

... A1955 Date Received: 2004 -Jun-01 17:54:50 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Urgent Astronomy Spectroscopy Solar System 30 Hours Additional Time on Comet LINEAR 2003 K4: Testing ALFA at OH Frequencies ALFA detection of 18-cm OH lines presents new science opportunities. A bright comet is available as an extended OH line source, 25 mJy predicted flux in late July and early August 2004. ...

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Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...