... 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....

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

... Research . ... A rare hybrid morphology radio galaxy . ... In this project we will be able to investigate the environmental effect on star formation and galaxy evolution in individual galaxies falling into the cluster through radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Current models of galaxy evolution regulate the star formation rates within the simulated galaxies by invoking radio-mode feedback from AGN. ... Julie.Banfield@anu.edu.au . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Planets . ... This bizarrely shrunken planetary system was found by NASAтАЩs Kepler mission, hence the parent star has been named Kepler-11. ... Planetary scientist and Kepler science team member Jack Lissauer said ?These six planets are mixtures of rock and gases, possibly including water.тАЭ €аNone of these strange new worlds are likely to be home to any form of life; their surface conditions are simply too extreme. ...

As noted earlier Kristian Birkeland, reporting in 1903 on his expeditions to the auroral zone, proposed that magnetic disturbances accompanying the aurora were caused by large electric currents flowing down the length of auroral formations. ... Some scientists disagreed with Birkeland and claimed the electrojets did not connect to space but instead their entire circuit lay inside the ionosphere, like that of other ionospheric currents known at the time, believed to be caused by atmospheric tides. ...

... Credit: Thierry Lombry Explanation: Eris , a dwarf planet currently orbiting the Sun at about twice Pluto's distance, has been measured to have about 27 percent more mass than Pluto. The mass was calculated by timing the orbit of Eris' moon Dysnomia . Images taken with a ground-based Keck telescope , when combined with existing images taken by Hubble Space Telescope , show that Dysnomia has a nearly circular orbit lasting about 16 days. ... Publications with keywords: Pluto - dwarf planet . ...

First ASKAP antenna on-site in Western Australia. Home page * Postdoc Ads * Proposal Publications Team Working Groups Meetings PHISCC Workshops Computing 3D Visualisation - wikis - WALLABY wiki ASKAP wiki - more - ASKAP ASKAP News ASKAP Computing - surveys - HIPASS . Galaxies in the Local Volume . ... In addition, we plan to search for faint HI emission in well-selected optical/IR galaxy samples by co-adding (`stacking') the HI data at the position and redshift of the optical/IR galaxy. ...

Next: A candidate young galaxy? Up: Results and discussion Previous: Current star formation rate . The integrated H I line flux, the characteristic widths of 21 cm line profile W 50 and W 20 (for a Hanning smoothing of 10.6 km s -1 ), and the derived H I mass for HS 0822+3542 are presented in Table 1 . The small H I mass 2.4 of this galaxy is consistent with its low optical luminosity. ... A rough estimation can be made also on the dynamical mass of HS 0822+3542. ...

... 2015 December 9 . Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble . Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble Space Telescope ; Processing: Douglas Gardner . ... As further evidence, the face-on spiral galaxy on the right, also known as NGC 3808A, exhibits many young blue star clusters produced in a burst of star formation. ... The prominent edge-on spiral at the far left appears to be a more distant background galaxy and not involved in the on-going merger. ... About APOD | ...

... Research . ... There is mounting evidence that AGN feedback is important in galaxy evolution. Radio-mode feedback is thought to be particularly significant because the mechanical action of the expanding lobes provides a strong coupling mechanism between AGN energy and the surrounding environment. In order to quantify this feedback, detailed models of radio lobe evolution are required. ... Cambridge, UK - Nov 2013 . PDF . Poster for Modern Radio Universe conference . ...