Title: SN 2009js at the crossroads between normal and subluminous Type IIP supernovae: optical and mid-infrared evolution Authors: P. Gandhi, M. Yamanaka, M. Tanaka, T. Nozawa, K.S. Kawabata, I. Saviane, K. Maeda, T.J. Moriya, T. Hattori, M. Sasada, R. Itoh We present a study of SN 2009js in NGC 91...
Title: PS1-10bzj: A Fast, Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernova in a Metal Poor Host Galaxy Authors: R. Lunnan, R. Chornock, E. Berger, D. Milisavljevic, M. Drout, N. E. Sanders, P. M. Challis, I. Czekala, R. J. Foley, W. Fong, M. E. Huber, R. P. Kirshner, C. Leibler, G. H. Marion, M. McCrum, G. Nara...
Title: SPICA: the next generation Infrared Space Telescope Authors: Javier R. Goicoechea, Takao Nakagawa, on behalf of the SAFARI/SPICA teams We present an overview of SPICA, the Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics, a world-class space observatory optimised for mid- and f...
Orbital elements:
2013 EO20 Earth MOID = 0.1165 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 345.99586 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.68106485 Peri. 61.46239 -0.68025079 +0.73037488
a 1.2794120 Node 165.15378 -0.72804185 -0.66350758
e 0.1878425 Incl. 13.94240 -0.08493487 -0.16220431
P 1.45 H 24.4...
Orbital elements:
2013 EN20 Earth MOID = 0.0024 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 6.66151 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.51208799 Peri. 34.67164 -0.93537119 +0.35358795
a 1.5472945 Node 166.02941 -0.33111111 -0.86806141
e 0.3818198 Incl. 1.78112 -0.12428264 -0.34848952
P 1.92 H 29.1 G 0....
Title: Towards Quantum Superposition of Living Organisms Authors: Oriol Romero-Isart, Mathieu L. Juan, Romain Quidant, J. Ignacio Cirac The most striking feature of quantum mechanics is the existence of superposition states, where an object appears to be in different situations at the same ti...
Title: 2MASS J01074282+4845188: a new nova-like cataclysmic star with a deep eclipse Authors: Dinko Dimitrov, Diana Kjurkchieva We present VRI photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy of the object 2MASS J01074282+4845188. The V-shape of the eclipse, the phase variability of the colour i...
The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ("The Book of Kings") is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 AD and is the national epic of the Iranian cultural continent. Ferdowsi started writing the Shahnameh in 977 A.D and completed it on 8 March 1010. [url=http://...
Title: The dynamics of the bulge dominated galaxy NGC 7814 in MOND Authors: Garry W. Angus, Kurt J. van der Heyden, Antonaldo Diaferio The bulge dominated galaxy NGC 7814 provides one of the strongest dynamical tests possible for Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). Spitzer 3.6 micron photometry...
S Andromedae (also SN 1885A) was a supernova in the Andromeda Galaxy, the only one seen in that galaxy so far by astronomers, and the first ever noted outside the Milky Way. It is also known as "Supernova 1885". Read more
Title: Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - I. Type Ibn (SN 2006jc-like) events Authors: A. Pastorello, S. Mattila, L. Zampieri, M. Della Valle, S. J. Smartt, S. Valenti, I. Agnoletto, S. Benetti, C. R. Benn, D. Branch, E. Cappellaro, M. Dennefeld, J. J. Eldridge, A. Gal-Yam...
Title: The NGC 1614 Interacting Galaxy: Molecular Gas Feeding a "Ring of Fire" Authors: S. König, S. Aalto, S. Muller, R. J. Beswick, J. S. Gallagher III Minor mergers frequently occur between giant and gas-rich low mass galaxies and can provide significant amounts of interstellar mat...
Dionysis Simopoulos (born 8 March 1943) is a contemporary Greek physicist and astronomer, who excelled as an astronomy educator and science populariser in the print and electronic media of Greece. Read more
