Related papers: AAO Observer - August 2010 Newsletter

Astronomical Science with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics: A Brief Review, a Current Snapshot, and a Bright Future

We briefly discuss the past, present, and future state of astronomical science with laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO). We present a tabulation of refereed science papers from LGS AO, amounting to a total of 23 publications as of May…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Michael C. Liu

The IACOB project: synergies for the Gaia era

The IACOB spectroscopic survey of Galactic OB stars is an ambitious observational project aimed at compiling a large, homogeneous, high-resolution database of optical spectra of massive stars observable from the Northern hemisphere. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-14 S. Simón-Díaz , M. Garcia , A. Herrero , J. Maíz Apellániz , I. Negueruela

Status and recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory

We present the status and the recent measurements from the Pierre Auger Observatory. The energy spectrum will be described and its steepening discussed. The mass composition is addressed with the measurements of the variation of the depth…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 J. R. T. de Mello Neto

The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS)

We present a massive spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, GOSSS, based on new, high signal-to-noise ratio, R~2500 blue-violet digital observations from both hemispheres. The sample size and selection criteria; the relationship between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 J. Maíz Apellániz , A. Sota , N. R. Walborn , E. J. Alfaro , R. H. Barbá , N. I. Morrell , R. C. Gamen , J. I. Arias , M. Penadés Ordaz

Gallery of Planetary Nebula Spectra

We present the Gallery of Planetary Nebula Spectra now available at http://oit.williams.edu/nebulae The website offers high-quality, moderate resolution (~7-10 A FWHM) spectra of 128 Galactic planetary nebulae from 3600-9600 A, obtained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Karen B. Kwitter , Richard B. C. Henry

OB associations: from stellar to galactic scales

Low-density and unbound stellar groups, OB associations have been historically delineated through their bright and massive members. They have been analysed for decades, but the arrival of Hipparcos, and more recently of Gaia led to a change…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-17 Alexis L. Quintana

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of the Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-11 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , J. Abraham , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , C. Aguirre , E. J. Ahn , D. Allard , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , M. Ambrosio , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , A. Anzalone , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , S. Argirò , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , F. Arqueros , T. Asch , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , G. Avila , T. Bäcker , D. Badagnani , K. B. Barber , A. F. Barbosa , S. L. C. Barroso , B. Baughman , P. Bauleo , J. J. Beatty , T. Beau , B. R. Becker , K. H. Becker , A. Bellétoile , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , C. Berat , P. Bernardini , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , O. Blanch-Bigas , F. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , R. E. Burton , N. G. Busca , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , W. Carvalho , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , L. Cazon , R. Cester , J. Chauvin , A. Chiavassa , J. A. Chinellato , A. Chou , J. Chudoba , J. Chye , R. W. Clay , E. Colombo , R. Conceição , B. Connolly , F. Contreras , J. Coppens , A. Cordier , U. Cotti , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , A. Creusot , A. Criss , J. Cronin , A. Curutiu , S. agoret-Campagne , R. Dallier , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , M. De Domenico , C. De Donato , S. J. de Jong , G. De La Vega , W. J. M. de Mello Junior , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , V. de Souza , K. D. de Vries , G. Decerprit , L. del Peral , O. Deligny , A. Della Selva , C. Delle Fratte , H. Dembinski , C. DiGiulio , J. C. Diaz , P. N. Diep , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , P. N. Dong , A. Dorofeev , J. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , D. D'Urso , I. Dutan , M. A. DuVernois , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , P. Facal San Luis , H. Falcke , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Ferrer , A. Ferrero , B. Fick , A. Filevich , A. Filipčič , I. Fleck , S. Fliescher , C. E. Fracchiolla , E. D. Fraenkel , W. Fulgione , R. F. Gamarra , S. Gambetta , B. García , D. GarcíaGámez , D. Garcia-Pinto , X. Garrido , G. Gelmini , H. Gemmeke , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giller , H. Glass , L. M. Goggin , M. S. Gold , G. Golup , F. Gomez Albarracin , M. Gómez Berisso , P. Gonçalves , M. Gonçalves do Amaral , D. Gonzalez , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , P. Gouffon , S. R. Gozzini , E. Grashorn , S. Grebe , M. Grigat , A. F. Grillo , Y. Guardincerri , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , J. Gutiérrez , J. D. Hague , V. Halenka , P. Hansen , D. Harari , S. Harmsma , J. L. Harton , A. Haungs , M. D. Healy , T. Hebbeker , G. Hebrero , D. Heck , V. C. Holmes , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , M. Hussain , M. Iarlori , A. Insolia , F. Ionita , A. Italiano , S. Jiraskova , M. Kaducak , K. H. Kampert , T. Karova , P. Kasper , B. Kégl , B. Keilhauer , E. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Knapik , J. Knapp , D. -H. Koang , A. Krieger , O. Krömer , D. Kruppke-Hansen , F. Kuehn , D. Kuempel , K. Kulbartz , N. Kunka , A. Kusenko , G. LaRosa , C. Lachaud , B. L. Lago , P. Lautridou , M. S. A. B. Leão , D. Lebrun , P. Lebrun , J. Lee , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Lemiere , A. Letessier-Selvon , M. Leuthold , I. Lhenry-Yvon , R. López , A. Lopez Agüera , K. Louedec , J. Lozano Bahilo , A. Lucero , H. Lyberis , M. C. Maccarone , C. Macolino , S. Maldera , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Maris , H. R. Marquez Falcon , D. Martello , O. Martínez Bravo , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , J. A. J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. Maurizio , P. O. Mazur , M. McEwen , R. R. McNeil , G. Medina-Tanco , M. Melissas , D. Melo , E. Menichetti , A. Menshikov , R. Meyhandan , M. I. Micheletti , G. Miele , W. Miller , L. Miramonti , S. Mollerach , M. Monasor , D. Monnier Ragaigne , F. Montanet , B. Morales , C. Morello , J. C. Moreno , C. Morris , M. Mostafá , C. A. Moura , S. Mueller , M. A. Muller , R. Mussa , G. Navarra , J. L. Navarro , S. Navas , P. Necesal , L. Nellen , C. Newman-Holmes , D. Newton , P. T. Nhung , N. Nierstenhoefer , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , L. Nožka , M. Nyklicek , J. Oehlschläger , A. Olinto , P. Oliva , V. M. Olmos-Gilbaja , M. Ortiz , N. Pacheco , D. Pakk Selmi-Dei , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , G. Parente , E. Parizot , S. Parlati , S. Pastor , M. Patel , T. Paul , V. Pavlidou , K. Payet , M. Pech , J. Pȩkala , I. M. Pepe , L. Perrone , R. Pesce , E. Petermann , S. Petrera , P. Petrinca , A. Petrolini , Y. Petrov , J. Petrovic , C. Pfendner , R. Piegaia , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , T. Pinto , V. Pirronello , O. Pisanti , M. Platino , J. Pochon , V. H. Ponce , M. Pontz , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , E. J. Quel , J. Rautenberg , O. Ravel , D. Ravignani , A. Redondo , B. Revenu , F. A. S. Rezende , J. Ridky , S. Riggi , M. Risse , C. Rivière , V. Rizi , C. Robledo , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez Martino , J. Rodriguez Rojo , I. Rodriguez-Cabo , M. D. Rodríguez-Frías , G. Ros , J. Rosado , T. Rossler , M. Roth , B. Rouillé-d'Orfeuil , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , F. Sánchez , M. Santander , C. E. Santo , E. M. Santos , F. Sarazin , S. Sarkar , R. Sato , N. Scharf , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , P. Schiffer , A. Schmidt , F. Schmidt , T. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Schovancova , P. Schovánek , F. Schroeder , S. Schulte , F. Schüssler , D. Schuster , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scuderi , A. Segreto , D. Semikoz , M. Settimo , R. C. Shellard , I. Sidelnik , B. B. Siffert , G. Sigl , A. Śmiałkowski , R. Šmída , B. E. Smith , G. R. Snow , P. Sommers , J. Sorokin , H. Spinka , R. Squartini , E. Strazzeri , A. Stutz , F. Suarez , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , M. S. Sutherland , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , A. Tamashiro , A. Tamburro , T. Tarutina , O. Taşcău , R. Tcaciuc , D. Tcherniakhovski , D. Tegolo , N. T. Thao , D. Thomas , R. Ticona , J. Tiffenberg , C. Timmermans , W. Tkaczyk , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Tonachini , I. Torres , P. Travnicek , D. B. Tridapalli , G. Tristram , E. Trovato , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , A. M. VandenBerg , J. R. Vázquez , R. A. Vázquez , D. Veberič , A. Velarde , T. Venters , V. Verzi , M. Videla , L. Villaseñor , S. Vorobiov , L. Voyvodic , H. Wahlberg , P. Wahrlich , O. Wainberg , D. Warner , A. A. Watson , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , G. Wieczorek , L. Wiencke , B. Wilczyńska , H. Wilczyński , C. Wileman , M. G. Winnick , H. Wu , B. Wundheiler , T. Yamamoto , P. Younk , G. Yuan , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , I. Zaw , A. Zepeda , M. Ziolkowski

The Galactic O-Star Catalog (GOSC) and the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS): current status

We present the updates of the Galactic O-Star Catalog (GOSC) that we have undertaken in the last two years: new spectral types, more objects, additional information, and coordination with CDS. We also present updates for the Galactic O-Star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 J. Maíz Apellániz , Á. Alonso Moragón , L. Ortiz de Zárate Alcarazo

Radio Observations of Masers in Post-AGB Stars

We present observations of 86 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars of OH maser transitions, taken with the Parkes Telescope between September 2002 and August 2003. Post-AGB stars are the precursors of planetary nebulae, which have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. M. Deacon , A. J. Green , J. M. Chapman

Stellar photometry with Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics

We overview the current status of photometric analyses of images collected with Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) at 8-10m class telescopes that operated, or are operating, on sky. Particular attention will be payed to resolved stellar…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Giuliana Fiorentino , Davide Massari , Alan McConnachie , Peter B. Stetson , Giuseppe Bono , Paolo Turri , David Andersen , Jean-Pierre Veran , Emiliano Diolaiti , Laura Schreiber , Paolo Ciliegi , Michele Bellazzini , Eline Tolstoy , Matteo Monelli , Giacinto Iannicola , Ivan Ferraro , Vincenzo Testa

GAIA survey of galactic eclipsing binaries

General importance and capabilities of observations of eclipsing binaries by the forthcoming ESA mission GAIA are discussed. Availability of spectroscopic observations and a large number of photometric bands on board will make it possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomaz Zwitter

HASH: the Hong Kong/AAO/Strasbourg H-alpha planetary nebula database

By incorporating our major recent discoveries with re-measured and verified contents of existing catalogues we provide, for the first time, an accessible, reliable, on-line SQL database for essential, up-to date information for all known…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Quentin A Parker , Ivan Bojicic , David J Frew

The IACOB spectroscopic database of Galactic OB stars

We present the IACOB spectroscopic database, the largest homogeneous database of high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra of Northern Galactic OB-type stars compiled up to date. The spectra were obtained with the FIES…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 S. Simón-Díaz , M. Garcia , N. Castro , A. Herrero

Selected astrometric catalogues

A selection of astrometric catalogues are presented in three tables for respectively positions, proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes. The tables contain characteristics of each catalogue showing the evolution in optical astrometry,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-11 Erik Høg

Statistical survey and analysis of photometric and spectroscopic data on NEAS

Studies on Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) throw light on discoveries, identification, orbit prediction and civil alert capabilities, including potential asteroid impact hazards. Due to various new observational programs, the discovery rate of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-21 J. Rukmini , G. Raghavendra , S. A. Ahmed , D. Shanti Priya , Syeda Azeem Unnisa

Spectroscopic Observations of Selected Planetary Nebulae from the HASH Database

We conducted research on the classification and physical properties of 10 objects from the HASH (Hong Kong/Australian Astronomical Observatory/Strasbourg Observatory H-alpha Planetary Nebula (PN)) database with small angular sizes (<…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 Utkan Temiz , Nazım Aksaker , Aysun Akyuz

Future prospects in observational galaxy evolution: towards increased resolution

Future prospects in observational galaxy evolution are reviewed from a personal perspective. New insights will especially come from high-redshift integral field kinematic data and similar low-redshift observations in very large and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Karl Glazebrook

An Adaptive Optics Survey for Companions to Stars with Extra-Solar Planets

We have undertaken an adaptive optics (AO) imaging survey of extrasolar planetary systems and stars showing interesting radial velocity trends from high precision radial velocity searches. AO increases the resolution and dynamic range of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. P. Lloyd , M. C. Liu , J. R. Graham , M. Enoch , P. Kalas , G. W. Marcy , D. Fischer , J. Patience , B. Macintosh , D. T. Gavel , S. S. Olivier , C. E. Max , R. White , A. M. Ghez , I. S. McLean

GAMA: towards a physical understanding of galaxy formation

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) project is the latest in a tradition of large galaxy redshift surveys, and is now underway on the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. GAMA is designed to map extragalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 Simon P. Driver , Peder Norberg , Ivan K. Baldry , Steven P. Bamford , Andrew M. Hopkins , Jochen Liske , Jon Loveday , John A. Peacock , David T. Hill , Lee S. Kelvin , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Nick J. Cross , Hannah R. Parkinson , Matt Prescott , Chris J. Conselice , Loretta Dunne , Sarah Brough , Heath Jones , Rob G. Sharp , Eelco van Kampen , Seb Oliver , Isaac G. Roseboom , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Scott M. Croom , Simon Ellis , Ewan Cameron , Shaun Cole , Carlos S. Frenk , Warrick J. Couch , Alister W. Graham , Rob Proctor , Roberto De Propris , Issi F. Doyle , Ed M. Edmondson , Robert C. Nichol. Daniel Thomas , Steve A. Eales , Matt J. Jarvis , Konrad Kuijken , Ofer Lahav , Barry F. Madore , Mark Seibert , Martin J. Meyer , Lister Staveley-Smith , Steven Phillipps , Cristina C. Popescu , Ann E. Sansom , Will J. Sutherland , Richard J. Tuffs , Steven J. Warren

A Preferred Orientation Angle for Bipolar Planetary Nebulae

We present preliminary results from measuring Galactic orientation angles of 800 elliptical and bipolar Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in the Hong Kong/Australian Astronomical Observatory/Strasbourg Observatory H-alpha Planetary Nebula (HASH)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-23 Andreas Ritter , Quentin A. Parker