Program Number . ... Abstract . ... Galaxy Evolution During Half the Age of the Universe: ACS imaging of rich galaxy clusters . ... Complexity in the Smallest Galaxies: Star Formation History of the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal . ... The Sloan sky survey provides a powerful tool for identifying candidate galaxy-galaxy lenses; this program is using HST-ACS imaging to verify the nature of those candidates, and provide the angular resolution necessary to model the mass distribution. ... Past weeks: . ...

... 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. ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... Cavendish . ... Cavendish/ESO . ... Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria . ... University of Cambridge . ... Institute for Astronomy . ... Astronomical Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum . ... Cavendish Astrophysics . ... Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge . ... Institute of Astronomy Astrophysics, Academia Sinica . ... University of Vienna, Institute of Astrophysics . ... Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh . ... Cambridge University . ...

... Observational Zoo of Binaries with Compact Stars . Evolutionary Scenarios of Binary Systems . ... Evolution of Magnetic Rotators . ... Mixing types of E-P-A binary systems with non-zero orbital . ... Binary Pulsar Diversity and High Neutron Star Birth Velocity . ... Ejectors in Massive Binary Systems . ... Other Candidates for Ejecting Stars in Binary Systems . ... Cosmic Rays and Evolution of Binary . ... Sky in Gravitational Waves . ... Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binary Stars . ...

... Chandra Observation of DEEP2 Galaxy Groups and Clusters . ... Monday: 'Normal' Galaxies, Tuesday: Cluster Formation and Evolution . ... Statistics of galaxy groups in ultradeep XMM surveys. ... What can multiwavelength observations tell about cluster/group formation as well as galaxy evolution? ... I will present results from a Chandra study of eight low-redshift clusters that has systematically measured the AGN fraction in clusters and describe their spatial, kinematic, and host galaxy...

The project of the informational system creation on the problem of evolution of radio galaxies, as a part of the "Big Trio" project aimed on studing of distant radio galaxies, is designed. This system allows a user to operate with simulated curves of spectral energy distributions (SED) to estimate ages and redshifts by photometry data. Authors use SEDs of several models for different types of galaxies. ... The HTTP and e-mail access is organized to this system. ...

... Future seminars . ... Magnetorotational processes in rotating magnetized protostellar cloud were investigated.It was shown, that differential rotation leads to the appearing and amplification of toroidal component of magnetic field. ... While the energy ejected due to the bounce shock evolution is not enough for the explanation of core-collapse supernova event. ... We found that the shape of magnetorotational supernova qualitatively depends on the initial configuration of the magnetic field. ...

... 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. ...

... Illusion and Evolution in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2667 . ... Explanation: What's happening to the galaxies of cluster Abell 2667? ... To start, most of the yellowish objects in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope are galactic members of a massive cluster of galaxies known as Abell 2667 . ... Light from this galaxy is gravitationally lensed by Abell 2667, appearing much like a distant person would appear through a wine glass. ... The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies . ... Galaxies Away . ...

... 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. ...

... LMC Project Outline . NGC 1818 Initial Results . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is uniquely suitable for the study of massive star clusters at all stages of evolution. By combining HST observations of these clusters with N-body models we hope to understand the origin and evolution of rich star clusters in our own Galaxy, in the LMC, and beyond. ... We aim to combine our HST observations with N-body models to understand the formation and evolution of globular clusters. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

Since 1994, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's (ASP) highly successful national Project ASTRO? program has been providing opportunities for professional and amateur astronomers to contribute to science education in their local communities. ... The original "classic" Project ASTRO educator-astronomer partners found tremendous interest in what they were doing among the families of their students, and thus Family ASTRO was born to continue at home what was begun in the classroom. ...

... Our resulting sample of ELGs presented in Tables 2 and 3 is not artificially biased to any specific type of galaxies. ... Since we are looking for selection of a sample of Case BCGs, it is interesting to examine how the detected BCGs are connected with Case emission-line codes. ... Altogether BCGs comprise about 60 % of all Case ELGs which display emission lines in our spectra, or about 44 % of all Case galaxies with some emission-line code. ... Among those with the code ``w'' about 40 % are BCGs. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Late Stages of Stellar Evolution . Welcome to the home page of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution" We are a research group which operates within the Astrophysics Group of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ... To investigate the late stages of stellar evolution and in particular the role of stellar mass-loss in the evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars, proto-planetary nebulae and extremely massive stars. ...

... The analysis shows, that asteroid ­ rubble pile loses its fast fragments in no time but the retaining fragments forms a compact structure immersed in dust ­ gas atmosphere, created by interaction of interplanetary medium with dispersed product of collisional evolution of asteroid. By interaction of an asteroid ­ rubble pile with interplanetary medium structures asteroid can increase its brightness on account of blowed up dust simulating phenomenon of distant comet's brightening. ...

... It is reasonable to expect that UV part of the irradiating spectrum is most influenced by the grain evolution (growth and sedimentation ) which marks the very initial stage of planet formation. 2 log J [erg s­1 cm­2] 1 0 -1 -2 -3 1000 BB 40 0 0 (A5 ) BB 20 0 00 (A5) Drai ne (A5 ) BP Ta u (A5) BB 40 0 0 (GS) BB 20 0 00 (GS) Drai ne (GS) BP Ta u (GS) Disk Model Density distribution is based on a 1+1D disk ... Green lines are used for a model with dust growth and sedimentation. ...

... Arecibo Observatory . ... University of Oxford . ... NRAO . ... Cornell U. Muller, Erik . ... University of North Carolina . ... Princeton University . ... University of Michigan . ... Cardiff University . ... Cornell University . ... Columbia University . ... University of Wisconsin-Madison . ... University of New Mexico . ... Caltech/NRAO . ... Humboldt State University . Pisano, D.J. NRAO-Green Bank . ... University of Minnesota . ... University of Massachusetts . ... George Mason University . ...

Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM B. Safonov Sternberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites, 2010 B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 1 / 17 Why observe in twilight with MASS/DIMM? ... ASM includes 3 devices sensitive to background: guider, DIMM and MASS. B. Safonov (Moscow State University) Twilight observations with MASS/DIMM SITE 2010 2 / 17 Background in guider. ...