... We present the first results of the ESO/GOODS program of spectroscopy of faint galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF­S). 399 spectra of 303 unique targets have been obtained in service mode with the FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO/VLT, providing 234 redshift determinations (the median of the redshift distribution is at 1.04). ... B CaHK, [OII](line6255?) ... C [OII]?, g­band? ... B CaHK, faint [OII] GDS J033229.99­274322.6 24.42 0.98 ­ ­ X faint GDS J033230.03­275026.8 23.43 0.83 1.005 abs. ...

... Four types of galaxy environments are considered: clusters, centers of groups, other places in groups, and the field. ... In order to check whether the mean ages of the stellar populations depend on environment density monotonically, as the hierarchical par­ adigm predicts, in this work I consider four types of environment separately: the cluster galaxies, the brightest (central ) galaxies of groups, the second­ranked group members, and the field galaxies. ... Group center SB(rs)0# 204 637 1996 Oct ...

Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 349, 1397­1418 (2004) doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07619.x The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey ­ XII. The spectroscopic catalogue and luminosity function S. M. Croom,1 R. J. Smith,2 B. J. Boyle,1 T. Shanks,3 L. Miller,4 P. J. Outram3 and N. S. Loaring4,5 1 2 3 4 5 Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead CH41 1LD Department of Physics, University of

... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... The Nine Planets . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... As I say on the page about orbits , at a year away Planet X must be roughly as far as Saturn (and therefore closer as you read this page). The distance from Earth in May 2002 should be about 900 million kilometers. ... Planet X, if it orbits on an ellipse, can get as far as 235 AU away, 7 times the distance of Pluto. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...