Galactic astronomy

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441Physical cosmology / Space plasmas / The Dark Energy Survey / Quasar / Reionization / Active galactic nucleus / Supernova / Redshift / Astronomy / Astrophysics / Physics

MMT Observing Programs January – April 2015 SAO-1 Lunnan, Berger, Chornock

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Source URL: www.mmto.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-17 19:11:05
442Black holes / Galaxies / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Supermassive black hole / Milky Way / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Active galactic nucleus / Binary black hole / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

Minor mergers have massive consequences for black holes By Dr. Ethan Siegel When you think of our sun, the nearest star to our world, you think of an isolated entity, with more than four light years separating it from i

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Source URL: spaceplace.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-12 12:39:38
443Stellar astronomy / Observational astronomy / Astrophysics / Galactic astronomy / RAVE / Sloan Digital Sky Survey / Milky Way / Metallicity / Galaxy / Astronomy / Space / Astronomical surveys

BCAS Vol.28 No[removed]China’s Spectrum Factory Gathers Momentum

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Source URL: english.cas.cn

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-19 11:28:40
444Blazar / Quasar / Sloan Digital Sky Survey / NGC / Astronomy / Active galactic nucleus / Observational astronomy

Optical variability in Active Galactic Nuclei E. Körding (University of Nijmegen); S. Scaringi (K. U. Leuven); P. Uttley (University of Amsterdam) AGN are among the most powerful objects in the Universe. The compact siz

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Source URL: keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-01 19:16:20
445Galaxies / Supermassive black holes / Milky Way / Elliptical galaxy / Active galactic nucleus / Black hole / Abell 400 / American Astronomical Society 215th meeting / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

Hercules A Some galaxies have extremely bright cores, suggesting that they contain a supermassive black hole that is pulling in matter at a prodigious rate. Astronomers call these “active galaxies,” and Hercules A is

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-25 12:11:15
446Space telescopes / Exoplanetology / Dark matter / Star types / European Space Agency / COROT / Gaia / Milky Way / RAVE / Astronomy / Spacecraft / Space

Galactic Archaeology on a grand scale – Campaigns 2-3 K2 Target Proposal by KASC Working Group 8, the asteroSTEP and APOKASC collaborations, and the GALAH team (Point of contact: Dennis Stello, [removed].

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Source URL: keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-01 19:16:20
447Space / Ultraluminous X-ray source / Spiral galaxies / Extragalactic astronomy / Galaxy / Milky Way / Interacting galaxy / NGC / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Barred spiral galaxies

Galactic Get Together Has An Impressive Light Display At this time of year, people all over the world are celebrating this festive season with beautiful light displays. This new image of two colliding galaxies is a cosm

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Source URL: www.unawe.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-11 11:36:11
448Stellar evolution / Standard candles / Physical cosmology / Supernovae / Supernova / Cosmic distance ladder / White dwarf / Active galactic nucleus / Kepler / Astronomy / Astrophysics / Physics

–1– The Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey (KEGS) Transient Survey; Campaign 3 Rob Olling1 , Ed Shaya1 , Armin Rest2 , Brad Tucker3 , Peter Garnavich4 ,

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Source URL: keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-01 19:16:20
449Spiral galaxies / Spirals / Galactic astronomy / Unbarred spiral galaxies / Galaxy / NGC / Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies / Density wave theory / Astronomy / Space / Extragalactic astronomy

Does the galactic spiral lead the rotation of a galaxy?

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Source URL: phys.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-15 23:29:05
450Space / Ultraluminous X-ray source / Spiral galaxies / Extragalactic astronomy / Galaxy / Milky Way / Interacting galaxy / NGC / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Barred spiral galaxies

Galactic Get Together Has An Impressive Light Display At this time of year, people all over the world are celebrating this festive season with beautiful light displays. This new image of two colliding galaxies is a cosm

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Source URL: unawe.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-11 11:36:11
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