... A radio galaxy is a galaxy that emits an unusually big amount of energy at radio wavelengths. ... Inside of each galaxy with an active nucleus (radio galaxies are among them) there must be a system of a "central machine" responsible for the colossal amount of the emitted energy from radio to gamma ranges. ... Sometimes a radio source in an active galaxy may flare again if the needed conditions appear (a new portion of matter would fall into the furnace of the "central machine"). ...

... The search for distant objects which can be both galaxies and quasars is one of the most important problems of observational astrphysics, because it allows one to determine cosmological parameters connected with the time of appearence and evolution of stellar systems, large scale structure of the Universe. ... Radio galaxies are important objects to be studied because they are sources of infrared-optical-ultraviolet continuum, emission lines and continual radio emission. ...

We report MIPS photometry of 20 radio-loud quasars and galaxies at 24 and 70 ЮМm (and of five at 160 ЮМm). We combine this sample with additional sources detected in the far-infrared by IRAS and ISO for a total of 47 objects, including 23 steep-spectrum type I AGNs: radio-loud quasars and broad-line radio galaxies; and 24 type II AGNs: narrow-line and weak-line FR II radio galaxies. ... Thus, the measurements at these wavelengths can be used to test the orientation-dependent unification model. ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... We present 5GHz high resolution VLA observations of 2,127 radio-- and X-ray--emitting sources found in both the Green Bank (GB) 5GHz radio catalog and the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). We report core flux densities and positions accurate to =-0.5". ... This table has 1861 rows and 9 columns giving: Catalog source name, RA and DEC (J2000), observation code, S/N ratio, VLA core flux density at 5 GHz (mJy), Green Bank flux density at 5 GHz (mJy), error in Green Bank flux density (mJy), and Notes. ...

An investigation of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the compact steep-spectrum (CSS) source and possible radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1), PKS 2004-447, is presented. ... Analysis of a non-contemporaneous, low-resolution optical spectrum suggests that the narrow-line region (NLR) is much more reddened than the X-ray emitting region suggesting that the gas-to-dust ratio in PKS 2004-447 may be very different than in our own Galaxy. ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . Cavendish Astrophysics . ... Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . The origin and evolution of radio sources . ... Radio sources are among the most powerful of the family of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). ... The overall properties of radio sources are well predicted by analytical models of self-modifying evolution of the radio source which we have developed, and many of the more unusual structures observed can be reproduced using computational models. ...

Next: Population Synthesis of X-ray Up: Cosmic Rays and Evolution Previous: Supernova Explosions . Immediately after the discovery of pulsars, especially of the Crab pulsar,   it became clear that rapidly rotating NS are copious sources of relativistic particles. ... Figure 37: Evolution of magnetorotational energy of NS in elliptical and spiral galaxies. ...

... SNe Atlas . ... Charts . ... On supernovae physics.. ... Photographic atlases of galaxies.. ... The Color Atlas of Galaxies by James D. Wray; 1988; Cambridge University Press, The Pitt Building, Trumpington St. Cambridge, CB2 1RP, UK; a CCD color atlas of galaxies bny a professional astronomer using telescopes at McDonald Observatories and Las Campanas. some 600 images of galaxies with excellent resolution of the nuclear regions. ... Great for deep sky work or CCD hunting with a large telescope. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

This all-sky image, constructed from 2 years of observations by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, shows how the sky appears at energies greater than 1 billion electron volts (1 GeV). Brighter colors indicate brighter gamma-ray sources. ... A diffuse glow fills the sky and is brightest along the plane of our galaxy (middle). Discrete gamma-ray sources include pulsars and supernova remnants within our galaxy as well as distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. ...

home education > resources . ... Resources . ... Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Black Holes: An Introductory Resource List . ... Castelvecchi, D. "A New Breed of Black Hole" in Sky Telescope , Apr. 2006, p. 36. ... Charles, P. Wagner, R. "Black Holes in Binary Stars: Weighing the Evidence" in Sky Telescope , May 1996, p. 38. ... Nadis, S. "The Secret Lives of Black Holes" in Astronomy , Nov. 2007, p. 28. ... Nadis, S. "Black Holes: Seeing the Unseeable" in Astronomy , Apr. 2007, p. 26. ...

Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (AGES) The precursor run is finally complete. Here are some initial results that illustrate the success of the observing technique and also areas where we had problems. ... The channel range selected was the inner 3696 channels, thus avoiding the increase in noise at the edge of the bandpass. ... Each frame of the movie is an image of the observing region from each individual velocity (or frequency) channel in the datacube. ...

... The Center of the Circinus Galaxy in X Rays . ... Chandra , NASA Explanation: Are black holes the cause of X-rays that pour out from the center of the Circinus galaxy ? ... Extended X-ray emission from the center appears to match optical light and appears consistent with a model where hot gas is escaping from a supermassive black hole at Circinus' center . ... Publications with keywords: black hole - X-ray - Circinus Galaxy . Publications with words: black hole - X-ray - Circinus Galaxy . ...

... Posts tagged ?source matching? ... Without an optical afterglow, a galaxy within the 2 arc second error region of a GRB x-ray afterglow is identified as a host galaxy; however confusion can rise due to the facts that 1. the edge of a galaxy is diffused, 2. multiple sources could exist within 2 arc second error region, 3.the distance between the galaxy and the x-ray afterglow is measured by projection, and 4. lensing causes increase of brightness and position shifts. ... ArXiv] GRB host galaxies, Aug...

... EPIC-pn Energy Resolution Time Dependence | ... CS Observation Sample Source Circinus Galaxy NGC 424 NGC 1068 ESO 138-G1 NGC 4945 Mrk 3 ObsID 0111240101 0002942301 0550950101 0111200201 0111200101 0405380201 0112310301 0204870101 0009220601 0009220901 0009220501 0009221401 Rev 0304 0367 1648 0117 0117 1317 0205 0749 0234 0322 0420 0432 1219 0560 0654 1132 0837 0568 1180 1182 Fe-K 6.400 keV Fe-K 7.058 keV He-like Fe-K 6.63 keV H-like ...

... Discovery of 47-s pulsations in the X-ray source 1RXS J225352.8+624354 / arXiv:1305.3439 , May 2013 . ... Optical spectroscopy of X-ray source IGR J22534+6243 / Atel # 4248 . ... Search for counterparts of newly discovered INTEGRAL/IBIS sources / Atel # 4166 . New INTEGRAL Galactic Plane Survey in SkyView / blog . Likely X-ray counterparts of newly discovered INTEGRAL/IBIS sources / Atel # 4165 . AGN in the INTEGRAL/IBIS 9-year Galactic hard X-ray survey / Atel # 4151 . ...

... The mysterious music is played by the stars ... some very special ones, called "pulsars". Visit the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics to listen to more pulsars . ... The first pulsar was discovered by a woman from Northern Ireland, Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell (who was in Belfast a short while ago to give a beautiful talk about astronomy and poetry ) during her PhD, in 1967. ... Monday, 11 May 2009 22:57 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... The obtained results lead to the following conclusions: a) the heavy element enrichment had taken place in the Galaxy in a few bursts of its activity rether than in a continuons manner; b) these bursts occured during the callapse of the early Galaxy; c) the star formation had been inhibited in the time of the bursts; d) the metal enrichment did not proceed in the periods of star formation, between these bursts of activity. ...

... Up: Science Data Pipelines . ... We designed and developed a package which simulates extragalactic point source data within a given field of view and SIRTF band. ... The simulator is modular and extensible to enable multi-wavelength simulations, has been optimized by utilizing parallel processing capabilities, and will be used to test pipeline software. ... The extragalactic simulator is capable of generating large numbers of galaxies within a given patch of sky for SIRTF pipeline testing. ...