Next: Summary and conclusions Up: Preliminary analysis of the Previous: Sky and redshift distribution . To get an estimate of the external accuracy of IPCS redshifts we compared our results for common galaxies with the redshifts from CfA catalog (Huchra et al. ... For 18 galaxies in common we have mean difference = -27 km s -1 with the error 16 km s -1 and the standard deviation = 64 km s -1 . This comparison indicates that most of IPCS redshifts have uncertainty less than 100 km s -1 . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

The goal of this paper is to present the results of a preliminary analysis of the extended infrared (IR) emission by dust in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We combine Spitzer Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution (SAGE) and Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) data and correlate the infrared emission with gas tracers of H I, CO, and HЮБ. ... We construct maps of the temperature of large dust grains. ...

... We demonstrate through numerical simulations that model parameters estimated with our technique are essentially bias-free, even when the average number of counts per bin is 1. ... The IW technique avoids such biases by estimating through successive iterations, where for each iteration, j, , and the best-fit parameters are determined by minimization of . ... In our sample, we find that the minimum values and best-fit parameters converge after about 6 iterations. ...

... The distribution of redshifts among the DXRBS FSRQs identified so far (Figure 3) is quite similar to that of the 1 Jy and S4 samples. ... A more thorough comparison will have to await completion of our survey and the convolution of the redshift distribution with the WGACAT sky coverage. As has already been mentioned by Hook et al. (1996), selecting flat-spectrum sources is an efficient way of finding high-redshift, radio-loud quasars. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... Radio Catalog . The corrections in NVSS fluxes leading to the corrected Version 1.1 also result in changes to some of the figures and tables in Kimball Ivezi? ... The results are qualitatively the same. ... The new versions of the figures, along with the original versions (in high resolution), are available here . ... These figures, along with Table 4, continue to motivate t = 0.35 as the optimal separator between "simple" and "complex" sources). ... Complex Sources . ... t NVSS . ... galaxy . ...

The Extragalactic ALFA Zone of Avoidance team is mapping the distribution of low-Galactic-latitude galaxies and large scale structures through detection of galaxies' 21-cm emission with ALFA. This Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) survey finds new HI galaxies which lie hidden behind the Milky Way, and also provides redshifts and other HI parameters for partially-obscured galaxies known at other wavelengths. ... Discovery and Follow-up of a Nearby Galaxy from the Arecibo Zone of Avoidance Survey. ...

Next: A Gravitational Wave Map Previous: Critical Frequencies and Gravitational . In this section we consider the GWB spectrum as such, that is, we study how dimensionless strain metric amplitude h is dependent on frequency. For a sample of N independent binaries emitting GW at a given frequency the net result is . ... are, respectively, effective distance to the sample and effective mass of the binaries (in solar units) producing the GW radiation at the frequency . ...

... The distribution of galactic RCB stars is controversial. Several authors have argued that they belong to a thick galactic disk, and are thus old Population I stars. However, they may alternatively belong to the even older galactic bulge (Population II). ... In either case, the populations are sufficiently old that RCB stars must have relatively low masses ( ). ... These are the only RCB stars for which a distance is known and hence for which an absolute magnitude can be deduced. ...

... The results of long-term monitoring of Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum sources were found the statistically significant differences (0.05 significance level) in the high-frequency spectral index distribution between subgroups of galaxies and quasars. ... This can mean that the electron energy distribution for GPS galaxies is steeper than for GPS quasars. ... The first area corresponds to GPS-quasars that have statistically larger value of redfhift, second area corresponds to GPS-galaxies. ...

... Posted by hlee . ... Click for what was appeared in arXiv this week. Continue reading ?[ ... Category: arXiv , MCMC , Uncertainty | ... Since I began to subscribe arxiv/astro-ph abstracts, from an astrostatistical point of view, one of the most frequent topics has been photometric redshifts . ... Just searching by photometric redshifts in google scholar and arxiv.org provides more than 2000 articles since 2000. ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Data Processing , Galaxies , Stat | ...

The above image is a computer simulation of the distribution of mass in a Dark Matter dominated Universe. ... Structure (\eg density enhancements) clearly forms at the intersection of these filaments. ... What is Dark Matter? ... Testing for the presence of dark matter in the solar neighborhood now becomes an accounting problem The possible sources of this mass in the solar neighborhood are 1) luminous stars, 2) interstellar gas, 3) stellar remnants (mostly white dwarfs) and 4) dark matter: . ...

The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) . ... Before jumping into all the finer details of teh survey, a brief non-astronomer's guide to redshift surveys is available. ... The primary scientific aims of the QSO survey are: (1) to obtain the primordial fluctuation power spectrum out to COBE scales, (2) to determine the rate of QSO clustering evolution in the non-linear and linear regimes and hence obtain new limits on the value of and the bias parameter, (3) to apply a powerful geometric method to measure . ...

... Makarov D.I., Karachentsev I.D., Burennkov A.N., Tyurina N.V., Korotkova G.G. "Rotation curves of edge-on galaxies" . ... Karachentsev I.D., Makarov D.I., Sharina M.E., Dolphin A.E., Grebel E.K., Geisler D., Guhathakurta P., Hodge P.W., Karachentseva V.E., Sarajedini A., Seitzer P. "Local galaxy flows within 5 Mpc" . ... Karachentsev I.D., Makarov D.I. "Local Field of Galaxy Velocities" . ... Karachentsev I.D., Makarov D.I. "The Galaxy Motion Relative to Nearby Galaxies and the Local Velocity Field"...

FEATURES OF THE HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION AROUND LUNAR CRATERS PROCLUS AND KEPLER. ... In result of analysis of the data Lawrence and Feldman constructed the hydrogen distribution on the lunar surface [1]. ... However, the authors shown, that EN flux data features may be explained by other element abundance in the lunar soils, namely: Si, Ca, Gadolinium (Gd), Samarium (Sm) and Fe. ... Using of the Feldman's interpretation of the Lunar Prospector data [8], we constructed hydrogen distribution map (Fig.1). ...

XMM-Newton CCF Release Note XMM-CCF-REL-183 EPIC-pn spectral response R. D. Saxton 11 November 2004 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE Blocks changed XSCS ag EPN QUANTUMEF 0015.CCF 2000-01-01 FRACTION CHANNEL, FRACTION ENERGY QE TOTAL, EBINS FRACTION NO EPN REDIST 0009.CCF 2000-01-01 NOISE PARAMS, PARTEVENT PARAMS THRESH LOSS NO 2 Changes Recent calibration work has shown that the Epic-pn redistribution function is in practice narrower than that represented in the current matrices. ...

... The spectrum of the Sgr B2 molecular cloud has been surveyed between 215 and 265 GHz towards 3 positions, the dense cores Sgr B2(N)and Sgr B2(M), and the quiescent core Sgr B2(NW). ... The Sgr B2 molecular cloud, located approximately 100 pc from the Galactic Centre and with a mass of , is one of the most extreme cases among star formation sites ( Lis & Goldsmith (1991) ). ... Of the 3 observed positions Sgr B2(N) has the strongest line emission in most molecular species with a few exceptions. ...

Next: NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results Up: No Title Previous: STScI NICMOS Software . NICMOS Coronagraphic Surveys-Preliminary Results . ... Observations with NICMOS . ... The Evolution of Stars seen with ISOCAM - the Need for NICMOS and VLT Follow Up. ... Results . ... The Formation and Evolution of LMC Rich Star Clusters: NGC 1818 . ... HST-NICMOS Observations of Galactic Bulges: Red Nuclei in Nearby Galaxies . ... Investigating the Evolution of Quasar Host Galaxies with NICMOS . ...

USING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISGRI SURVEY RESULTS AND OTHER CATALOGUES TO AID SOURCE IDENTIFICATION John B. Stephen, A. Malizia and L. Bassani IASF-INAF, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY, E-mail: stephen@iasfbo.inaf.it ABSTRACT In order to help in the identification of INTEGRAL/ISGRI sources, we have developed a software package which allows a rapid and detailed cross-correlation to be performed between various source catalogues. ... We show below some preliminary results from this analysis. ...