
The Milky Way Model - University of Chicago
... Thousands of years ago, people peering up into the sky from anywhere on Earth couldn’t possibly miss the broad, hazywhite streak stretching across the sky. This cloudy band of light was about 5 degrees wide - 10 times the width of the Moon in the sky - bulging brightest in the direction of the const ...
... Thousands of years ago, people peering up into the sky from anywhere on Earth couldn’t possibly miss the broad, hazywhite streak stretching across the sky. This cloudy band of light was about 5 degrees wide - 10 times the width of the Moon in the sky - bulging brightest in the direction of the const ...
The Primordial Abundance of $^ 6$ Li and $^ 9$ be
... be a massive main sequence star. Stellar models with the metallicity of HD 84937 typically have turn-off temperatures ranging from 6700 K (age 14 Gyr) to 6540 K (age 18 Gyr). SLN93 suggest that HD 84937 is a sub-giant, however it is possible that HD 84937 is a lower mass main-sequence star. We will ...
... be a massive main sequence star. Stellar models with the metallicity of HD 84937 typically have turn-off temperatures ranging from 6700 K (age 14 Gyr) to 6540 K (age 18 Gyr). SLN93 suggest that HD 84937 is a sub-giant, however it is possible that HD 84937 is a lower mass main-sequence star. We will ...
A Universe of Galaxies - Pennsylvania State University
... The first active galaxies: Quasars In 1962, a radio survey of the entire sky revealed a few peculiar “stars” that were very bright at radio wavelengths (normal stars do not produce much radio emission). They were named quasistellar radio sources (quasars, or QSOs): ...
... The first active galaxies: Quasars In 1962, a radio survey of the entire sky revealed a few peculiar “stars” that were very bright at radio wavelengths (normal stars do not produce much radio emission). They were named quasistellar radio sources (quasars, or QSOs): ...
The 2008 RBSE Journal - National Optical Astronomy Observatory
... galaxies.(4) They are comprised of lobes, jets, and a core just as other radio galaxies are, and they also have hot spots in the lobes. There are two types of radio galaxies, Franaroff-Riley type I (FR I) and type II (FR II). While the two groups share similar properties, such as their size, they ha ...
... galaxies.(4) They are comprised of lobes, jets, and a core just as other radio galaxies are, and they also have hot spots in the lobes. There are two types of radio galaxies, Franaroff-Riley type I (FR I) and type II (FR II). While the two groups share similar properties, such as their size, they ha ...
@let@token Stellar Oscillations: Pulsations of Stars Throughout the
... We analyze the stability of g-modes in white dwarfs with hydrogen envelopes. All relevant physical processes take place in the outer layer of hydrogen-rich material, which consists of a radiative layer overlaid by a convective envelope. The radiative layer contributes to mode damping, because its op ...
... We analyze the stability of g-modes in white dwarfs with hydrogen envelopes. All relevant physical processes take place in the outer layer of hydrogen-rich material, which consists of a radiative layer overlaid by a convective envelope. The radiative layer contributes to mode damping, because its op ...
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... 3. The halo. Old stars (including the globular clusters) and very dilute interstellar matter form a roughly spherical Galactic halo around the disk. The inner part of the halo is at least as large across as the disk, perhaps 60,000 light-years in radius. The gas in the inner halo is hot, 100,000 K, ...
... 3. The halo. Old stars (including the globular clusters) and very dilute interstellar matter form a roughly spherical Galactic halo around the disk. The inner part of the halo is at least as large across as the disk, perhaps 60,000 light-years in radius. The gas in the inner halo is hot, 100,000 K, ...
arXiv:1705.00964v1 [astro-ph.GA] 2 May 2017
... up to 1.75 pc from the host star, and on average must comprise ∼ 105 distinct structures per star. We detect azimuthal velocities of the plasma, relative to the host star, up to 9.7 km s−1 , consistent with warm gas expanding at the sound speed. The circumstellar plasma structures that we infer are ...
... up to 1.75 pc from the host star, and on average must comprise ∼ 105 distinct structures per star. We detect azimuthal velocities of the plasma, relative to the host star, up to 9.7 km s−1 , consistent with warm gas expanding at the sound speed. The circumstellar plasma structures that we infer are ...
19_Testbank - Lick Observatory
... 3) The average speed of stars relative to the Sun in the solar neighborhood is about 20 km/s. Suppose you discover a star in the solar neighborhood that is moving relative to the Sun at a much higher speed, say, 200 km/s. What kind of orbit does this star probably have around the Milky Way? In what ...
... 3) The average speed of stars relative to the Sun in the solar neighborhood is about 20 km/s. Suppose you discover a star in the solar neighborhood that is moving relative to the Sun at a much higher speed, say, 200 km/s. What kind of orbit does this star probably have around the Milky Way? In what ...
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... interaction between the galaxies. Therefore in this project, we are going to focus on the colliding galaxies. Galactic collisions, in fact, are relatively common in the universe. We can find many real examples when we look up into the sky. Using computers, we are able to build up a model demonstrati ...
... interaction between the galaxies. Therefore in this project, we are going to focus on the colliding galaxies. Galactic collisions, in fact, are relatively common in the universe. We can find many real examples when we look up into the sky. Using computers, we are able to build up a model demonstrati ...
M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
... The Sombrero resides about 30 million light-years away at the southern edge of the dense Virgo cluster of galaxies. The galaxy is so far away that the light we are seeing today began its journey toward Earth 30 million years ago, about the time our earliest known ape-like ancestors appeared on our p ...
... The Sombrero resides about 30 million light-years away at the southern edge of the dense Virgo cluster of galaxies. The galaxy is so far away that the light we are seeing today began its journey toward Earth 30 million years ago, about the time our earliest known ape-like ancestors appeared on our p ...
New Suns in the Cosmos?
... upsurge along the past 15 years, with the discovery of many extra-solar planetary systems, demonstrating that the Sun is not unique as a planet host star. In this context, the main question now is the extent to which the properties of the Sun and its planetary system can be considered as representat ...
... upsurge along the past 15 years, with the discovery of many extra-solar planetary systems, demonstrating that the Sun is not unique as a planet host star. In this context, the main question now is the extent to which the properties of the Sun and its planetary system can be considered as representat ...
A Comparison of CCD Images Taken with Different Cameras Abstract
... images. Starlight coming in from infinity should form an image that looks like a point source. Only in the Hubble images are the stars approximating point sources. In the other two systems there is much variation from this ideal. ...
... images. Starlight coming in from infinity should form an image that looks like a point source. Only in the Hubble images are the stars approximating point sources. In the other two systems there is much variation from this ideal. ...
Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor (Latin: ""Smaller She-Bear"", contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky. Like the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the name Little Dipper. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, due to Polaris being the North Star.Polaris, the brightest star in the constellation, is a yellow-white supergiant and the brightest Cepheid variable star in the night sky, ranging from apparent magnitude 1.97 to 2.00. Beta Ursae Minoris, also known as Kochab, is an aging star that has swollen and cooled to become an orange giant with an apparent magnitude of 2.08, only slightly fainter than Polaris. Kochab and magnitude 3 Gamma Ursae Minoris have been called the ""guardians of the pole star"". Planets have been detected orbiting four of the stars, including Kochab. The constellation also contains an isolated neutron star—Calvera—and H1504+65, the hottest white dwarf yet discovered with a surface temperature of 200,000 K.