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. ...

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL VISITATION BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS HELD IN THE OBSERVATORY BOARDROOM AT 10.40 A.M. ON 23 MARCH 2012 Present: His Grace, the Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper (Chairman), Canon W.M. Adair, Mr W.G. Berry, Dean G. Dunstan, Archdeacon R.G. Hoey, Professor R. Oudmaijer, Canon R.J.N. Porteus and Professor S. Smartt Canon J.N.T. Campbell, Canon J.W. McKegney, and Canon C.F. Moore Dr T. Mason, ... MINUTES BOARD OF GOVERNORS 23 March 2012 Page 8 5. ...