... Cometary Globules In Orion . ... Credit Copyright: David Theil ( CASA ), IRAS Explanation: Intense ultraviolet light from massive, hot stars in the Orion region has sculpted and compressed clouds of dust and gas in to distinctively shaped Cometary Globules . ... These are likely related to star formation episodes in the Orion molecular cloud . ... Publications with keywords: nebula - dust - Orion - star formation . Publications with words: nebula - dust - Orion - star formation . ...

... 2014 November 18 . Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula . Image Credit: WISE , IRSA , NASA ; Processing Copyright : Francesco Antonucci . Explanation: Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Auriga . ... Potentially sites of ongoing star formation in IC 410 , these cosmic tadpole shapes are about 10 light-years long. ... Now Available: APOD 2015 Wall Calendars . ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

Next: The Scenario Machine: Operational Up: Evolution of Magnetic Rotators Previous: Ejector-propeller hysteresis . ... The length of this segment is determined by the eccentricity. ... In this case no hysteresis occurs and transitions E -- P and the reverse take place in symmetrical points of the orbit. ... Here EP means a mixed state of the rotator at which it is in the ejector state during one part of the orbit, and in the propeller state during the rest of the orbital cycle. ...

Millimeter dust continuum emission as a tracer of molecular gas in galaxies: comparison of SMC and Local GMCs Caroline Bot a project w/ Francois Boulanger, IAS France & Monica Rubio, Universidad de Chile Molecular clouds Sites of star formation Most of the molecular gas is in giant molecular clouds PROBLEM:H2 is quite impossible to observe directly in cold interstellar regions Use of tracers (CO, gamma rays, dust emission) CO(1-0) Dame et al. ... 2004 General trend in the SMC? ...

... What are their star formation histories? How does this relate to galaxy populations at higher redshift? What, if anything, do we know about the star formation histories of galaxies at high-z? Do low mass and high mass galaxies evolve differently? Can we find a population of galaxies at low redshift which might correspond to a higher redshift population, i.e. the faint blue galaxies? ... What roles do bursts of star formation have in the evolution of dwarf galaxies? ...

Our understanding of star formation in galaxies is facilitated by observations, at multiple wavelengths, of emission which traces stellar populations. ... Using optical integral field spectroscopy, my work aims to better understand the local SFR calibrations, which use H-alpha and radio continuum emission, when applied to different regions of a galaxy, as well as to galaxies as a whole. ...

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... It is found that the correlation coefficients between these two parameters calculated separately inside and outside the sunspot formation zone ±30 have cyclic variation and occur in anti-phase. This suggests different mechanisms of formation of the corona in the fields of small, medium, and large scales. ... The relationship between the coronal green line brightness (CGLB) and the magnetic field strength (MFS) has been investigated by constructing the corresponding synoptic maps for the 1977-2001. ...

... Staff . ... Galaxies, AGN, Cosmology . ... Star formation . ... ALMA . ... A local window on galaxy formation with ALMA . ... Highly star-forming, metal-poor dwarf galaxies in the vicinity of the Milky Way offer an unique window over the conditions of primordial galaxy formation and evolution. ... The primary science goals of submillimeter astronomy with ALMA are: the high-redshift Universe and Cosmology, galaxies and AGNs, star formation and interstellar medium, exoplanets and stellar evolution. ...

Fabry-Perot data cubes. Introduction: what is "data cubes"? Observations with the IFP consist of successive acquisition of a few dozen images of interference rings from the object (or from a calibration lamp) when changing the optical path between the flat-parallel plates. The radius of the rings is a function of wavelength and gap between the plates of the interferometer. ... Its interference rings of Ne line which use for phase calibration (convert object data to wavelength-scale). ...

11 august 2014/Monday: Arriving, Registration . ... The variation of solar flare coronal X-ray source spatial properties. ... Melnikov V.F., Charikov Yu.E., Kudriavtsev I.V. Directivity of X-ray and gamma-ray emission from different parts of flaring magnetic loops. ... E., Melnikov V.F. Angular characteristics of polarization degree of hard X-ray emission from different parts of flaring magnetic loops. ... The thick target model and analytical calculations of the hard X-ray emission from solar flares. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... The rates of type Ia supernovae from double degenerate mergers channel in different star formation models (left panel), and the rate contribution function to the present-day ( t disc = 10Gyr) supernovae rates in the thin disc (right panel). ... We have compared the impact of different star-formation models on the rates and numbers of DDs and on the rates of type Ia (SNIa) and core-collapse supernovae (ccSN). ...

... Star formation requires interstellar clouds that are cold and dense enough for self-gravity to overcome internal pressure from gas thermal motions and other factors, thus leading to cloud contraction and eventual collapse to stellar densities. ... Absorption has all of these parameters plus one more describing the fraction of the emission (p) that is behind the absorbing cloud. ... Obser ving Interstellar Hydrogen Clouds Clouds in the ISM can produce either emission or absorption spectra. ...

... Right: cold gas traced by [CII] emission (red) accreting onto a primeval galaxy (green) at z=7.1 ( Maiolino et al. 2015 ) (image credit: ALMA Press Release ) . ... 2010 , Cicone, Maiolino et al. ... 2012 , Cicone, Maiolino et al. ... Right: observed distribution of the average stellar metallicities of passive and star forming galaxies in the local universe, supporting starvation/strangulation as primary quenching mechanism in low/intermediate mass galaxies ( Peng, Maiolino, Cochrane 2015 ). ...

. Mars was imaged in great detail in 2005. New research indicates Earth's core formed under different conditions from those that existed on Mars. One possible explanation for this is the difference in mass between the two planets. With Earth being eight times larger than Mars, the pressure of core-formation could be higher. Different silicate phases also may have been involved. NASA/JPL/USGS

... Curiously, the appearance of HS 0822+3542 is morphologically similar, on the same angular scales, to that of SBS 0335-052E (Melnick et al. ... The B -band SB profile (Fig. 5 ) indicates the presence of two components: the central bright compact body and an exponential disc, dominating the light in the outer part of the profile (hereafter LSB component). ... 1998 ]; Doublier et al. [ 1999a ]) shows that the scale length of HS 0822+3542 is smaller than that of any BCG studied in the cited works. ...

M. ( / DIAS, Ireland), A. (ISDC, Switzerland) 1 - Key Question Only 3 binary systems regularly observed in TeV: PSR B1259-63 (young pulsar +Be star, P=3.4 y) LSI +61 303 (comp. source + Be star, P=26.42 d) LS 5039 (comp. source + O star, P=3.9 d) Origin of the high-energy emission? ... 2006; Neronov &Chernyakova 2007 4 3.4 years orbital period. e~0.87 Correlated variability with a sharp rise ( "two bumps structure" ) is seen in radio, X-ray (and TeV?) bands. ...

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... Contacts: Evgeny A. Loupian, Dr. Sci., e-mail: evgeny@smis.iki.rssi.ru Sergey A. Bartalev, Dr. Sci., e-mail: bartalev@smis.iki.rssi.ru Web interface for burnt area mapping using Landsat data Stellar Tracker In 2013 IKI RAN together with the NPK "Electrooptics" completed the phase of the five-year research on studying the ways to build a stellar inertial navigation system (SINS) for aviation applications. ... Fig. 1 shows the SINS layout created on the basis of the astronomical camera. ... Fig.1. ...

A very important stage in a story of formation of any new science is the shift from discussion of situation which are possible but do not occur in practice due to some reason to recognition of real phenomena of interest. ... We suggest to consider computer viruses as this new specific form of life which is coming in the contact with our form of life. ... Computer life has been created by human being, the role of independent evolution of computer viruses seems to be still negligible. ...