Title: Two in one? A possible dual radio-emitting nucleus in the quasar SDSS J1425+3231 Authors: S. Frey, Z. Paragi, T. An, K. E. Gabanyi The radio-emitting quasar SDSS J1425+3231 (z=0.478) was recently found to have double-peaked narrow [O III] optical emission lines. Based on the analysis of th...
Title: Pippi - painless parsing, post-processing and plotting of posterior and likelihood samples Authors: Pat Scott Interpreting samples from likelihood or posterior probability density functions is rarely as straightforward as it seems it should be. Producing publication-quality graph...
Title: Discovery of a young massive stellar cluster near HESS J1813-178 Authors: Maria Messineo, Donald F. Figer, Ben Davies, R. Michael Rich, E. Valenti, R.P. Kudritzki (Version v2) We present the serendipitous discovery of a young stellar cluster in the Galactic disk at l=12deg. Using Keck/NI...
Renewal of the Vestal fire in Vesta's circular temple The sacred fire of Vesta was a holy fire in Ancient Rome. The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four and eventually six, were selected by lot and served for thirty years, tending the holy fire and performing other rituals connecte...
The 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, approximately 166 kilometres off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunamis which destroye...
The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode is a gold mine in Deer Lodge County, Montana. The mine is located in the southwestern area of Montana, between Drummond and Anaconda along the Pintler Scenic Route on Montana Highway 1, east of Georgetown Lake. The gold mine was named on June 15, 1867, with the name comm...
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (15 June 1765 - 19 April 1831) was born at Simmozheim, Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen. In 1798, he was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University. Read more
Montana State University palaeontologist Jack Horner and MSU's Museum of the Rockies will be featured in two National Geographic Channel programs on Sunday, Oct. 11. The first program, titled "Bizarre Dinosaurs," will air at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Mountain time. The second, "Dinosau...
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (30 March 1754 - 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. He later died when his balloon cr...
Title: Radio Search for H2CCC toward HD 183143 as a Candidate for a Diffuse Interstellar Band Carrier Authors: Mitsunori Araki, Shuro Takano, Hiromichi Yamabe, Koichi Tsukiyama, Nobuhiko Kuze To clarify the authenticity of a recently proposed identification of H2CCC (linear-C3H2) as a diffus...
Title: Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN) Authors: Won-Kee Park, Soojong Pak, Myungshin Im, Changsu Choi, Yiseul Jeon, Seunghyuk Chang, Hyeonju Jeong, Juhee Lim, Eunbin Kim We describe the overall characteristics and the performance of an optical CCD camera system, Camera for QUasa...
Title: Discovery and characterisation of detached M-dwarf eclipsing binaries in the WFCAM Transit Survey Authors: J. L. Birkby, S. V. Nefs, S. T. Hodgkin, G. Kovács, B. Sipöcz, D. J. Pinfield, I. A. G. Snellen, D. Mislis, F. Murgas, N. Lodieu, E. J. W. de Mooij, N. Goulding, P. Cruz, H. Stoev, M. Cappe...
Sunspots 11504, 11506 (top) and 11507 (bottom) captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + IR-cut filter. Sunspots 11504, 11506 (top) and 11507 (bo...
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 - 28 July 1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque Period. Read more
Samuel T. Beddingfield (1933-June 13, 2012) was an American test pilot and a pioneering aerospace engineer and who had a long career with NASA during its early manned space programs. Read more
