... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Studying the first galaxy clusters with ALMA . ... ALMA will provide a major leap forward in our capabilities of studying the high-redshift universe, especially the first galaxies. ... These first galaxies are also found to cluster relatively strongly, and are expected to form proto-clusters, later growing to be the fully-formed galaxy clusters we see in the local Universe....

... Astrophysics Group . ... Surveys and Catalogues . AMI-Planck . ... The Planck 2013 data release included a catalogue of 1227 galaxy clusters detected via the Sunyaev-Zel?dovich (SZ) effect, the largest SZ-selected cluster catalogue to date. ... This website currently contains results for the 195 clusters with Planck signal-to-noise ratio > 5; results for the remaining clusters in the catalogue with 4.5 тЙд SNR тЙд 5 will be added at a later date. ...

... In LABORATORY OF RADIO ASTROPHYSICS OF SPECIAL ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY OF RAS . ... History . ... Current problems of the group research interests: . study for cosmic microwave background, . study of radio galaxies (identification, evolution, statistical investigation of population), . investigation of the RATAN-600 antenna, . observations in the survey mode with RATAN-600 and their analysis, . creation of the software for data analysis. vo @ sao.ru ( Oleg Verkhodanov ) ...

B?rbel Koribalski (MPIfR Bonn and Uni Bonn), . ... Here we report results of HI line observations if the starburst galaxy NGC 1808 with the Very Large Array (VLA) in its CnD hybrid configuration. ... We find 1) the clear signature of a warp in the outer gas layer, and 2) outflow optical size) which is in contrast to the ellipticity of the disk. ... Keywords. galaxies: general - galaxies: spiral - galaxies: NGC 1808 - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics of - radio lines: 21 cm . ...

... Star formation . ... Deep X-ray and IR study of the distant X-ray cluster XDCP J0044.0-2033 (Il Gioiello) at z=1.6 . ... The high redshift cluster XDCP0044 (z=1.6) was discovered in 2011 in the framework of the XMM Distant Cluster Project ( Santos et al. ... These results are published in тАЬ Chandra Deep Observation of XDCP J0044.0-2033, a Massive Galaxy Cluster at z > 1.5 тАЭ , by P. Tozzi et al. ... The cluster is officially known as XDCP J0044.0-2033. ...

This home page belongs to small group of scientists working at . Sternberg Astronomical Institute which is a part of Moscow State University . ... Электронная библиотека научно-технической и художественной литературы (доступна только из ГАИШ) . ... Local staff . Dr. Edward Kononovich (konon -at- sai.msu.ru), Associate Professor . ... Dr. Sergey Ayukov (asv -at- sai.msu.ru), Research Fellow, Webmaster of the group . ... Joint seminar of Solar Studies Structure Group and Solar Photometry Group . ...

... The study of the Large-scale structure of the Universe and measurements of the Dark Energy equation of state; The exploration of the growth and cosmological evolution of supermassive Black holes in the Universe. ... In course of the all sky survey SRG will discover about 100 000 galaxy clusters and 3 million AGNs. Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally bounded objects in the Universe and are best explored through the study of X-ray emission from the hot intergalactic gas. ... 2016 IKI RAN ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Starbursts are short-lived events, stars are forming so quickly that the reservoirs of interstellar gas from which stars are coalescing would be used up on a timescale much shorter than the age of the galaxy . ... Strong stellar winds from giant new stars in the starburst region combine with the blasts of supernovae to push a mighty flood of extremely hot gas, a ?superwind? from the galaxy thousands of light years into intergalactic space. ...

... 2.3 Establishing the Extragalactic Distance Scale . ... 2.3.2 The Second Rung: Distances to stellar clusters . ... 2.3.4 Distances to Local Group Galaxies . ... The Luminosity Function of Planetary Nebulae . ... 3.2.2 Clusters of Galaxies . ... 4.2 Evidence for Dark Matter as a Function of Scale Size . ... 4.3 Other Dark Matter Indicators for Galaxies . ... What is the nature of the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe as traced by the three-dimensional galaxy distribution? ...

... Arecibo L-Band Feed Array . ... AGES is a sub-group of the Extragalactic ALFA (EALFA) consortium. ... AGES is a compromise between the larger-scale, but much less sensitive ALFALFA (drift mapping) and the deeper AUDS (drift-and-chase) surveys. ... Modified 'Leapfrog' - Again, a variant of this mode will be used by the PALFA consortia (see a discussion of tiling modes here ). ... Current status of AGES: . ... Study by Spitzak Schneider (1998) using 'leapfrog' mode with Arecibo L-Band Wide receiver. ...

Our publications in 2005 year S.A. Pustilnik (SAO), A.Y. Kniazev (ESO, SAO), A.G. Pramskij (SAO) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 443, Issue 1, November III 2005, pp.91-102 (11/2005) . ... Kniazev, Alexei Y.; Grebel, Eva K.; Pustilnik, Simon A.; Pramskij, A.G.; Zucker, D.B. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 130, Issue 4, pp. ... 10/2005) . Pustilnik, S. A. Astron. ... Kniazev, A.Y.; Pustilnik, S.A.; Grebel, E.K.; Lee, H.; Pramskij, A.G. VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/153/429. ...

... I am also a senior researcher at the High Energy Astrophysics department of the Space Research Institute in Moscow, Russia . ... My main research area is X-ray studies of galaxy clusters and their applications for cosmology and physics of the intergalactic medium. ... 2003: Doctor of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences: "Observational cosmology and studies of physics of the intracluster medium using X-ray observations of clusters of galaxies" ( thesis in Russian ) . ...

... The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies . ... 11.01.2013 . ... Although almost 20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda galaxy, Fornax is only about 10 percent further that the better known and more populated Virgo cluster of galaxies. ... The picturesque barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 visible on the lower right is also a prominent Fornax cluster member. ... Publications with keywords: NGC 1365 - Fornax - cluster of galaxies . Publications with words: NGC 1365 - Fornax - cluster of galaxies . ...

... Initially SAI Supernova Catalogue was presented in the form of filebased system. ... The current version of SAI Supernova Catalogue presents data on supernovae together with data on their parent galaxies. ... The main source of data for the galaxies was LEDA database. ... In some cases our data were compared with the ones from the Asiago Supernova Catalogue and from List of Supernovae at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, but the compilation of our Catalogue is carried out independently. ...

... Staff . ... senior scientist . Candidate of sci. PhD) . nnb @ sao.ru . ... len @ sao.ru . ... PhD student . ... sta @ sao.ru . ... vlad @ sao.ru . ... leading scientist, header . Doctor of sci. ... vo @ sao.ru . ... vo @ sao.ru ( Oleg Verkhodanov ) ...

... A recent study found that a type Ia supernova's original star could be anywhere from 0.9 to 1.4 times our Sun's mass. Astronomers use these blasts' brightnesses to estimate distances, so are those measurements now incorrect? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

Results from 6m telescope observations of globular clusters in dwarf galaxies Sharina M. We consider properties of globular clusters in dwarf galaxies observed with the multi-slit unit of the SCORPIO spectrograph at the SAO 6m telescope. ... Studying GCs in dwarf galaxies at the faintest end of the galaxy luminosity function provides valuable information for a better understanding of galaxy evolution and evolutionary connection between globular clusters and nuclei of galaxies. ...

... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . ... Using a database view Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), containing almost a million spectra created 15,000 sample galaxies with active star formation, which is used for various studies and physical state of evolution of galaxies. ... Star clusters of the Galaxy . The project MWSC (Milky Way Star Clusters) directory using 2MASS, which includes nearly 500 million vision to the limit Ks = 15.3, analyzed more than 4,000 cluster-like objects in the galaxy. ...

... Research . ... I aim to understand the variety of processes that have driven galaxy formation and mass assembly across cosmological history via the resolved (star-by-star) study of nearby systems - in particular the Milky Way and Andromeda (especially their stellar halos and globular cluster populations), the Magellanic Clouds, and the myriad of smaller dwarfs that inhabit the "Local Group".б  . ... Globular clusters are fascinating objects in their own right. ...