... 2011 September 22 . Arp 272 . Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive , ESA , NASA ; Processing - Martin Pugh . Explanation: Linking spiral arms, two large colliding galaxies are featured in this remarkable cosmic portrait constructed using image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive . Recorded in astronomer Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 272, the pair is otherwise known as NGC 6050 near center, and IC 1179 at upper right. ... Archive | ... About APOD | ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. September 22, 1998 . M61: Virgo Spiral Galaxy . ... Explanation: M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies : bright spiral arms , a central bar , dust lanes , and bright knots of stars. ... About APOD > . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The��Amateur Astronomers Association of New York��was organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... 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....

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... We now know that globular clusters formed at high redshift and that they survived violent merging events and galaxy metamorphoses with time, preserving the chemo-dynamical record of their parent galaxies. ...

... NGC 253: The Sculptor Galaxy . ... Apollo 12: Self-Portrait . ... DEM L71: When Small Stars Explode . ... WIRO at Jupiter . ... The false-color picture is a composite.. ... The far side of the Moon is rough and filled with craters. By comparison, the near side of the Moon, the side we always see, is relatively smooth. ... Iridescent clouds . ... A relatively rare phenomenon known as iridescent clouds can show unusual colors vividly or a whole spectrum of colors simultaneously. ...

... Over the first 4 years, its X-ray telescopes eROSITA and ART-XC will survey the whole sky with a record sensitivity in the 0.5-10 keV energy band. ... The goal of the second international Spectrum-RG conference is to discuss the different scientific topics addressed by the mission, synergies with surveys at other wavelengths, and requirements to follow-up observations.Contributed talks and poster presentations are invited on the topics related to the SRG science goals. ... Active galactic nuclei . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... January . ... Posted on January 29, 2013 | 1 Comment On the weekend of the 14and 15 of July 2012 we held a pinhole photography event.�� This was led by the world renowned pinhole photographer Justin Quinnell.�� Justin has been [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... This new comet was in January 2013 just a dim speck in the constellation Gemini, between the stars Castor and Pollux. ... Posted on November 15, 2012 | ... Posted on October 3, 2012 | ...

... PhD Yale University, Astronomy, 2015 . ... MS, MPhil Yale University, Astronomy, 2011 . ... Plunkett, Adele L. ; Arce, H��ctor G.; Corder, Stuartt A.; Dunham, Michael M.; Mardones, Diego; Garay, Guido 2014, ApJ, 803, 22, ������Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South��� . ... Department of Astronomy Seminar, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile April 2013 . ... Yale-University of Chile Meeting, New Haven, CT December 2011 . ...

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... 2005: . ... Orbital period of an X-ray transient source in the system CI Cam. For the first time, the orbital motion of a compact component of the X-ray transient CI Cam has been found, the orbital period (19.41 days) and eccentricity (0.62) have been determined, masses of stars of the system have been estimated. The compact component of the system is most likely to be a white dwarf. Archive . ...

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... Name: Emma Marie Kirby . ... Email: emma AT mso.anu.edu.au (Replace AT with @ symbol) . ... PhD (Feb 2006 - Present) . ... Kirby, E., Jerjen, H., Ryder, S., Driver, S., Deep Near-IR Surface Photometry of 57 Galaxies in the Local Sphere of Influence , AJ, 136, 1866 . Kirby, E., Jerjen, H., Ryder, S., Driver, S., 2007, to appear in proceedings of "Galaxies in the Local Volume", Sydney, July 2007 (astro-ph/ 0709.2192 ) Deepest Near-IR Surface Photometry of Galaxies in the Local Sphere of Influence . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Young super-Jupiter found wandering without a parent . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Astronomer discovers record-breaking asteroid . ... Cooperation between all observing groups, whether they are astronomers or students, will be essential if asteroid rotation rates are to be accurately identified. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article....

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... In addition to its primary research role, the Armagh Observatory has an important secondary responsibility (a) to maintain and preserve the fabric of the historic buildings, the library, historic books and archives, and the collection of scientific instruments and other artefacts built up over more than two hundred years of continuous astronomical activity in Armagh, and (b) to advance public understanding of science, and of astronomy in particular. ... 2004 Robinson Lectures, 25-26 November 2004 . ...

... 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. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

... Radio astronomers at Arecibo Observatory observe a wide variety of phenomena in the Milky Way and in other galaxies. ... Some REU projects are carried out on pre-existing data, and others rely on obtaining new data. ... Deriving a new shape model from existing radar images has been a popular student project in past years, and there are data sets that could be used for this. We are collecting thermal infrared emission data for many of the near-Earth asteroids that are also observed with radar. ...