... 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....

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Telescopes and Observatories . ... January . ... By admin February 20, 2013 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . ... M42, the Great Nebula in Orion, imaged through Armagh Planetarium?s telescope in January 2013. ... Image credit: Colin Johnston/Armagh Planetarium) . ... M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, imaged with the new telescope in January 2013. ... Armagh Planetarium?s new telescope in action in January 2013. ...

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... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

The radial distribution of metallicity of star-forming galaxies in a galaxy cluster can inform us about the mass assembly and enrichment history of the galaxy cluster. ... Both galaxy clusters are cool-core clusters at redshift z т?? ... The gas-phase metallicity of star- forming galaxies in MACS1115+01 exhibit anti-correlation with projected distance т??0.15 ТБ 0.08 dex/Mpc, whereas the radial metallicity distribution of RXJ1532+30 is statistically flat (т??0.09 ТБ 0.12 dex/Mpc). ...

... Contacts . 2012: . ... We refined the fundamental parameters of the components, the orbital periods, and the conditions of photospheric heating of the secondary component by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot component. ... The observations of the star clusters associated with ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in four galaxies on the 6-meter and VLT telescopes have shown that all the ULXs are located within 200pc of very young star clusters (younger than 5 million years). ... Archive . ...

... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . Cavendish Astrophysics . ... Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . ... Computing . ... The group makes extensive use of UK and international telescope facilities. The Galaxy Evolution group has full access to the computing facilties of the astrophysics group, namely the starlink cluster based on Sun and Linux workstations. Additionally we make heavy use of the group's 16-node Beowulf cluster which is soon to be upgraded to a 32-node cluster. ...

... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf . ... Two open clusters in Canis Major, emission nebula NGC 2316, and spiral galaxy NGC 2280 . January 21 28, 2016: Open clusters NGC 2204 and NGC 2243 in Canis Major offer small-telescope owners nice views, while large-telescope owners can seek out emission nebula NGC 2316 in Monoceros and sprial galaxy NGC 2280 in Canis Major. ...

... Staff . ... Galaxies, AGN, Cosmology . ... A new survey of X-ray clusters of galaxies with the Swift-X-ray Telescope . ... In this framework, an international collaboration between INAF-OAA, INAF-Brera, INAF-OATs, the University for Science and Technology of China-Hefei, the University of Ferrara, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, is undertaking a new cluster survey using an X-ray facility that was never exploited before for this goal: the X-ray Telescope (XRT) onboard the Swift satellite...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

IFP gallery SCORPIO (since 2000). Here some data observed on the 6m telescope with IFP installed in the SCORPIO focal reducer are presented. ... Velocity field . Mkn 1157 was observed 1 Sep. 2002 in the Ha emission line. Texp =32x240 sec, seeing 1.5", IFP260. ... This galaxy was observed September, 23 2000 in the Ha emission line, Texp=32x120 sec, seeing 2.5", IFP260. ... PV Cep was observed at the 6m telescope in May, 25 2003 in the [SII] 6716A with IFP501, Texp=36x200 sec, seeing 1.0". ...

... Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens . ... Hen 1357: New Born Nebula . ... This Hubble Space Telescope snapshot shows Hen-1357, the youngest known planetary nebula. ... A Flock of Stars . ... Only a few stars can be found within ten light-years of our lonely Sun, situated near an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. But if our Sun were found within a star cluster, thousands of stars might occupy a similar space. ... A Global Dust Storm on Mars . ... IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula . ...

The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (normally known as AGES) is using the Arecibo Telescope to search for galaxies in a number of quite different areas of the local universe. ... NGC 628 group (precursor) - published (Auld et al., ... NGC 1156 (isolated galaxy) - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . NGC 7332/9 galaxy pair - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . ... NGC 5523 (isolated galaxy) - completed (contact: Robert Minchin) . ... AGES team page - password protected . ...

Maidanak Laboratory is a part of Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University. ... Observations are conducted with 1.5 meter RC telescope AZT-22 of Maidanak Observatory (Uzbekistan). rus . ... maidanak lab home page . ... at Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 2000). ... Because of technical reasons, we had to use three different CCD cameras in our observations, Pictor-416 camera in 1995, Pictor-416 and TI 800 x 800 cameras in 1997 and 1998, and ST-7 camera in 1999 and 2000. ...

... We sometimes use the word "nebula" to refer to galaxies, various types of star clusters and various kinds of interstellar dust/gas clouds. ... Early in this century, there was a great debate as to the nature of the nebulae like this one which at that time could not be resolved into individual stars. ... A typical galaxy is 100,000 light-years in diameter. ... M 42 shown) Reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. ... M 1 shown) . ...

... We had the opportunity to take part in a work experience project in the Armagh Observatory in 2015 from March 30th to April 2nd, during which we used the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network to obtain images of various celestial bodies including the Galaxies M83, M88 and M99 which we combined 3 different images created using different filters using the software DS9. ... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ...