Title: A Universal Decline Law of Classical Novae. IV. V838 Her (1991): A Very Massive White Dwarf Authors: Mariko Kato (Keio Univ.), Izumi Hachisu (Univ. of Tokyo), Angelo Cassatella (INAF, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario) We present a unified model of optical and ultraviolet (...
Title: The Nuclear Ring in the Barred Spiral Galaxy IC 4933 Authors: Stuart D. Ryder (1), Samuel Illingworth (2), Robert Sharp (1), Catherine Farage (3) ((1) AAO, (2) University of Leicester, (3) Australian National University) We present infrared imaging from IRIS2 on the Anglo-Australian Tel...
Title: The AMIDAS Website: An Online Tool for Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments Authors: Chung-Lin Shan Following our long-term work on development of model-independent data analysis methods for reconstructing the one-dimensional velocity distribution function of halo WIMPs as wel...
Title: SDSS J092609.45+334304.1: a nearby unevolved galaxy Authors: S.A. Pustilnik, A.L. Tepliakova, A.Y. Kniazev, J.-M. Martin, A.N. Burenkov We present the results of observations of the very low surface brightness (VLSB) dwarf galaxy SDSS J092609.45+334304.1 with extreme parameters wh...
Title: Deep Gemini/GMOS imaging of an extremely isolated globular cluster in the Local Group Authors: A. D. Mackey, A. M. N. Ferguson, M. J. Irwin, N. F. Martin, A. P. Huxor, N. R. Tanvir, S. C. Chapman, R. A. Ibata, G. F. Lewis, A. W. McConnachie We report on deep imaging of a remote M31 globular cluster...
The magnitude 13.6 asteroid (449) Hamburga will occult the magnitude 9.2 star TYC 4672-00650-1 in the constellation Cetus, between 05:42 - 05:57 UT, 9th September, 2009. The stars brightness should drop by 4.4 magnitude, for about 8 seconds. The event will be visible from SE Canada, USA and ...
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Celebrate 400 years of the telescope at Sept. 15 star-gazing eventSeptember 15, 2009 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Celestial sights including Jupiter and its moons will come into clear focus through telescopes set up for public viewing at Arizona State Universitys West campus, Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 7:0...
One name has always been on the lips of scientists who have spent their careers studying the tropical jungles of Papua New Guinea: Mount Bosavi. Biologists had long harboured a hunch that this extinct volcano, its enormous crater filled with rainforest, could contain a treasure trove of undiscove...
Orbital elements: 2009 CV Earth MOID = 0.0121 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 252.18511 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83650822 Peri. 171.12756 -0.91814911 +0.39615616 a 1.1155505 Node 32.21416 -0.36444235 -0.83648068 e 0.1529347 Incl. 0.84975 -0.15551200 -0.37862959 P 1.18 H 24.4 G 0.15 U 8 MPE...
Bengal boy wins Nasa contest Small-town Bengal has finally entered the space age, and it's all thanks to a 15-year-old. Sayantan Bhattacharya, a resident of Behrampore's Gorabazar, about 200 km from Kolkata, has won top honours in Space Settlement Design Contest 2009, organised by Nasa. [url=ht...
Title: Short-lived spots in solar-like stars as observed by CoRoT Authors: B. Mosser, F. Baudin, A.F. Lanza, J.C. Hulot, C. Catala, A. Baglin, M. Auvergne (Version v2) Context. CoRoT light curves have an unprecedented photometric quality, having simultaneously a high signal-to-noise ratio, a...
Title: The High Energy Telescope on EXIST Authors: J. Hong, J. E. Grindlay, B. Allen, S. D. Barthelmy, G. K. Skinner, N. Gehrels, the EXIST HET Working Group The Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST) is a proposed next generation multi-wavelength survey mission. The primary instrumen...
