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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, ISSN 0004-637X, 02/2014, Volume 782, Issue 2, pp. 1 - 19
We have performed two-dimensional multicomponent decomposition of 144 local barred spiral galaxies using 3.6 mu m images from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar...
SURFACE-BRIGHTNESS PROFILES | LIGHT-DISTRIBUTION | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | galaxies: evolution | galaxies: photometry | GALACTIC DISKS | ON SPIRAL GALAXIES | STAR-FORMATION | galaxies: fundamental parameters | galaxies: formation | galaxies: structure | SPACE-TELESCOPE | SCALING RELATIONS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | SECULAR EVOLUTION | RADIAL MIGRATION | galaxies: spiral | Bulging | Break in | Galaxies | Breaking | Luminosity | Disks | Lindblad resonance | Stellar structure
SURFACE-BRIGHTNESS PROFILES | LIGHT-DISTRIBUTION | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | galaxies: evolution | galaxies: photometry | GALACTIC DISKS | ON SPIRAL GALAXIES | STAR-FORMATION | galaxies: fundamental parameters | galaxies: formation | galaxies: structure | SPACE-TELESCOPE | SCALING RELATIONS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | SECULAR EVOLUTION | RADIAL MIGRATION | galaxies: spiral | Bulging | Break in | Galaxies | Breaking | Luminosity | Disks | Lindblad resonance | Stellar structure
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0066-4146, 09/2010, Volume 48, Issue 1, pp. 673 - 710
Considerable progress has been mace in determining the Hubble constant over the past two decades. We discus the cosmological context and importance of an...
Cosmology | Age of Universe | Supernovae | Cepheids | Distance scale | age of Universe | RED GIANT BRANCH | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION | HOST GALAXY NGC-4258 | SURFACE BRIGHTNESS FLUCTUATIONS | cosmology | distance scale | VELOCITY-WIDTH RELATION | SPACE-TELESCOPE | supernovae | CEPHEID DISTANCE | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | TELESCOPE KEY PROJECT | LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD | EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE | Astrophysics | Research | Observations
Cosmology | Age of Universe | Supernovae | Cepheids | Distance scale | age of Universe | RED GIANT BRANCH | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION | HOST GALAXY NGC-4258 | SURFACE BRIGHTNESS FLUCTUATIONS | cosmology | distance scale | VELOCITY-WIDTH RELATION | SPACE-TELESCOPE | supernovae | CEPHEID DISTANCE | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | TELESCOPE KEY PROJECT | LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD | EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE | Astrophysics | Research | Observations
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, ISSN 1743-9213, 2015, Volume 11, Issue A29B, pp. 705 - 705
Like the Bode-Titius Law before it, the Schmidt Law is not properly understood, given that it has never been reduced to, or predicted from first principles....
Star & galaxy formation | Stars & galaxies | Astrophysics | Origins | Time dependence | Astronomical bodies | Star formation | Stars
Star & galaxy formation | Stars & galaxies | Astrophysics | Origins | Time dependence | Astronomical bodies | Star formation | Stars
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Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 10/2012, Volume 758, Issue 1, pp. 24 - 10
Using a mid-infrared calibration of the Cepheid distance scale based on recent observations at 3.6 mu m with the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have obtained a...
cosmology: observations | stars: variables: Cepheids | distance scale | galaxies: distances and redshifts | cosmological parameters | OBSERVATIONS COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION | PARALLAXES | IA SUPERNOVAE | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATIONS | DARK ENERGY | LIGHT CURVES | PARAMETERS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | CONSTRAINTS | SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE | LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD | Equations of state | Supernovae | Anisotropy | Hubble Space Telescope | Oscillations | Hubble constant | Acoustics | Calibration | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | LUMINOSITY | TELESCOPES | RED SHIFT | SUPERNOVAE | ANISOTROPY | RELATIVISTIC RANGE | COSMOLOGY | NONLUMINOUS MATTER | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | ASTRONOMY | ASTROPHYSICS | RELICT RADIATION | CEPHEIDS | EQUATIONS OF STATE | MILKY WAY | NEUTRINOS | OSCILLATIONS | BARYONS | UNIVERSE | MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
cosmology: observations | stars: variables: Cepheids | distance scale | galaxies: distances and redshifts | cosmological parameters | OBSERVATIONS COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION | PARALLAXES | IA SUPERNOVAE | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATIONS | DARK ENERGY | LIGHT CURVES | PARAMETERS | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | CONSTRAINTS | SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE | LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD | Equations of state | Supernovae | Anisotropy | Hubble Space Telescope | Oscillations | Hubble constant | Acoustics | Calibration | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | LUMINOSITY | TELESCOPES | RED SHIFT | SUPERNOVAE | ANISOTROPY | RELATIVISTIC RANGE | COSMOLOGY | NONLUMINOUS MATTER | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | ASTRONOMY | ASTROPHYSICS | RELICT RADIATION | CEPHEIDS | EQUATIONS OF STATE | MILKY WAY | NEUTRINOS | OSCILLATIONS | BARYONS | UNIVERSE | MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, ISSN 1743-9213, 03/2016, Volume 11, Issue 321, pp. 37 - 39
AbstractWe introduce a novel approach to interpreting the well-known spatial correlation of gas densities with on-going star formation. Treated as a...
Star Formation | Collapsing | Magellanic clouds | Star formation | Galaxies | Local group (astronomy) | Spiral galaxies | Star & galaxy formation | Massive stars
Star Formation | Collapsing | Magellanic clouds | Star formation | Galaxies | Local group (astronomy) | Spiral galaxies | Star & galaxy formation | Massive stars
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Science, ISSN 0036-8075, 12/2017, Volume 358, Issue 6370, pp. 1583 - 1587
Eleven hours after the detection of gravitational wave source GW170817 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Virgo Interferometers, an...
PROGENITORS | ELEMENTS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | MASS | SUPERNOVAE | R-PROCESS | GALAXY | Observations | Neutron stars | Natural history | Heavy elements | Infrared spectroscopy | Galaxies | Gravitational waves | Radiation | Neutrons | Radioisotopes | Interferometers | Hemispheres | Cooperation | Spectrum analysis | Photometry | Nuclear capture | Gravity | Celestial bodies | Spectroscopy | Electromagnetic radiation | Infrared photometry | I.R. radiation | Photons | Near infrared radiation | Collaboration | Binary stars | Telescopes | Nuclear reactions | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
PROGENITORS | ELEMENTS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | MASS | SUPERNOVAE | R-PROCESS | GALAXY | Observations | Neutron stars | Natural history | Heavy elements | Infrared spectroscopy | Galaxies | Gravitational waves | Radiation | Neutrons | Radioisotopes | Interferometers | Hemispheres | Cooperation | Spectrum analysis | Photometry | Nuclear capture | Gravity | Celestial bodies | Spectroscopy | Electromagnetic radiation | Infrared photometry | I.R. radiation | Photons | Near infrared radiation | Collaboration | Binary stars | Telescopes | Nuclear reactions | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0066-4146, 01/2010, Volume 48, p. 673
 Considerable progress has been made in determining the Hubble constant over the past two decades. We discuss the cosmological context and importance of an...
Measurement errors | Accuracy | Parameter estimation | Precision | Stars & galaxies | Cosmology
Measurement errors | Accuracy | Parameter estimation | Precision | Stars & galaxies | Cosmology
Journal Article
Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 05/2009, Volume 696, Issue 2
We discuss the impact of possible differences in the slope of the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation on the determination of extragalactic distances in...
LUMINOSITY | RED SHIFT | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION | COLOR | GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE | EQUATIONS | CEPHEIDS | GALAXIES
LUMINOSITY | RED SHIFT | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION | COLOR | GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE | EQUATIONS | CEPHEIDS | GALAXIES
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Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 05/2009, Volume 696, Issue 2, pp. 1498 - 1501
We discuss the impact of possible differences in the slope of the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation on the determination of extragalactic distances in...
Journal Article
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, ISSN 0067-0049, 12/2007, Volume 173, Issue 2, pp. 267 - 292
We measure star formation rates (SFRs) of approximate to 50,000 optically selected galaxies in the local universe (z approximate to 0: 1) from gas-rich dwarfs...
Surveys | Galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Galaxies: active | Ultraviolet: galaxies | surveys | galaxies : fundamental parameters | FORMATION HISTORY | DUST ATTENUATION | ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY DENSITY | galaxies : evolution | GALAXY-EVOLUTION-EXPLORER | DISK GALAXIES | STARBURST GALAXIES | ultraviolet : galaxies | ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI | FORMING GALAXIES | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | INITIAL MASS FUNCTION | galaxies : active | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Surveys | Galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Galaxies: active | Ultraviolet: galaxies | surveys | galaxies : fundamental parameters | FORMATION HISTORY | DUST ATTENUATION | ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY DENSITY | galaxies : evolution | GALAXY-EVOLUTION-EXPLORER | DISK GALAXIES | STARBURST GALAXIES | ultraviolet : galaxies | ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI | FORMING GALAXIES | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | INITIAL MASS FUNCTION | galaxies : active | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, ISSN 0067-0049, 04/2009, Volume 181, Issue 2
We present a catalog and imaging atlas of classical (collisional) RING galaxies distilled from the Arp-Madore Atlas of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and...
LUMINOSITY | RED SHIFT | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | MASS | GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE | CATALOGS | RADIAL VELOCITY | GALAXIES | COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
LUMINOSITY | RED SHIFT | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | MASS | GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE | CATALOGS | RADIAL VELOCITY | GALAXIES | COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN 1538-4357, 01/2005, Volume 619, Issue 1, pp. L1 - L6
We give an overview of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a NASA Explorer Mission launched on 2003 April 28. GALEX is performing the first space UV sky...
Space vehicles: instruments | Ultraviolet: general | Galaxies: evolution | Surveys -ultraviolet: galaxies | Galaxies: general | galaxies : general | STAR-FORMATION HISTORY | LUMINOSITY | SATELLITE | TELESCOPE | space vehicles : instruments | RESOLUTION | surveys | INTENSITY | ultraviolet : general | galaxies : evolution | INSTRUMENT | DENSITY | ultraviolet : galaxies | HIGH-REDSHIFT | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies | Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics | Physics | Astrophysics
Space vehicles: instruments | Ultraviolet: general | Galaxies: evolution | Surveys -ultraviolet: galaxies | Galaxies: general | galaxies : general | STAR-FORMATION HISTORY | LUMINOSITY | SATELLITE | TELESCOPE | space vehicles : instruments | RESOLUTION | surveys | INTENSITY | ultraviolet : general | galaxies : evolution | INSTRUMENT | DENSITY | ultraviolet : galaxies | HIGH-REDSHIFT | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics | Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics | Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics | Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies | Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics | Physics | Astrophysics
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Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, 06/2017, Volume 842, Issue 1, p. 42
We present a new photometric method by which improved high-precision reddenings and true distance moduli can be determined to individual Galactic Cepheids once...
Stars: variables: Cepheids | CALIBRATION | variables | HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION | Stars | Cepheids | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FIELD CAMERA 3 | PARALLAX | LUMINOSITY | DISPERSIONS | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | WAVELENGTHS | PHOTOMETRY | LIMITING VALUES | CEPHEIDS | GALAXIES | POSITIONING | COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS | ACCURACY
Stars: variables: Cepheids | CALIBRATION | variables | HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE | PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION | Stars | Cepheids | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FIELD CAMERA 3 | PARALLAX | LUMINOSITY | DISPERSIONS | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | WAVELENGTHS | PHOTOMETRY | LIMITING VALUES | CEPHEIDS | GALAXIES | POSITIONING | COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS | ACCURACY
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, ISSN 0067-0049, 12/2007, Volume 173, Issue 2, pp. 682 - 697
We describe the calibration status and data products pertaining to the GR2 and GR3 data releases of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). These releases have...
Space vehicles | Surveys | Telescopes | Ultraviolet: general | GALAXY-EVOLUTION-EXPLORER | SKY-SURVEY | telescopes | PERFORMANCE | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FAR-ULTRAVIOLET | surveys | STARS | space vehicles | ultraviolet : general | SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS
Space vehicles | Surveys | Telescopes | Ultraviolet: general | GALAXY-EVOLUTION-EXPLORER | SKY-SURVEY | telescopes | PERFORMANCE | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FAR-ULTRAVIOLET | surveys | STARS | space vehicles | ultraviolet : general | SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, 03/2011, Volume 527, Issue 14, p. A109
We present a self-consistent model of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of spiral galaxies from the ultraviolet (UV) to the mid-infrared...
dust extinction | galaxies: individual: NGC 891 | infrared: galaxies | ultraviolet: galaxies | galaxies: spiral | radiative transfer | EXTENDED DISTRIBUTION | SPIRAL GALAXIES | REFLECTION NEBULAE | INTERSTELLAR DUST | MULTIPLE-SCATTERING | dust, extinction | ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FAR-INFRARED EMISSION | RADIATIVE-TRANSFER PROBLEM | MASSIVE STAR-FORMATION | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
dust extinction | galaxies: individual: NGC 891 | infrared: galaxies | ultraviolet: galaxies | galaxies: spiral | radiative transfer | EXTENDED DISTRIBUTION | SPIRAL GALAXIES | REFLECTION NEBULAE | INTERSTELLAR DUST | MULTIPLE-SCATTERING | dust, extinction | ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | FAR-INFRARED EMISSION | RADIATIVE-TRANSFER PROBLEM | MASSIVE STAR-FORMATION | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 2011, Volume 413, Issue 2, pp. 971 - 995
The Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has been operating since 2008 February on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the AAOmega fibre-fed...
surveys | galaxies: fundamental parameters | galaxies: general | galaxies: statistics | galaxies: distances and redshifts | Galaxies: statistics | Surveys | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Galaxies: distances and redshifts | Galaxies: general | NEARBY GALAXIES | POWER-SPECTRUM | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | SPIRAL GALAXIES | PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS | FORMATION HISTORY | LUMINOSITY FUNCTION | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | REDSHIFT SURVEY | STELLAR MASS | Pets | Spectra | Information management | Astronomy | Nuclear physics | Red shift | Stars & galaxies | Spectrum analysis | Data bases | Diagnostic systems | Astronomical bodies | Galaxies | Assembly | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
surveys | galaxies: fundamental parameters | galaxies: general | galaxies: statistics | galaxies: distances and redshifts | Galaxies: statistics | Surveys | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Galaxies: distances and redshifts | Galaxies: general | NEARBY GALAXIES | POWER-SPECTRUM | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | SPIRAL GALAXIES | PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS | FORMATION HISTORY | LUMINOSITY FUNCTION | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | REDSHIFT SURVEY | STELLAR MASS | Pets | Spectra | Information management | Astronomy | Nuclear physics | Red shift | Stars & galaxies | Spectrum analysis | Data bases | Diagnostic systems | Astronomical bodies | Galaxies | Assembly | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Journal Article
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, 2010, Volume 403, Issue 2, pp. 683 - 708
We introduce the GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS), an on-going large programme that is gathering high quality H i-line spectra using the Arecibo radio...
radio lines: galaxies | galaxies: fundamental parameters | ultraviolet: galaxies | galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Ultraviolet: galaxies | Radio lines: galaxies | FAST ALPHA SURVEY | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM | HI SOURCE CATALOG | STAR-FORMATION | DUST ATTENUATION | VIRGO CLUSTER REGION | LOCAL UNIVERSE | NEUTRAL-HYDROGEN | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Surveys | Clouds | Galaxies | Astronomy | Gases | Evolution | Astrophysics | Stars & galaxies | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
radio lines: galaxies | galaxies: fundamental parameters | ultraviolet: galaxies | galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: evolution | Galaxies: fundamental parameters | Ultraviolet: galaxies | Radio lines: galaxies | FAST ALPHA SURVEY | ELLIPTIC GALAXIES | COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM | HI SOURCE CATALOG | STAR-FORMATION | DUST ATTENUATION | VIRGO CLUSTER REGION | LOCAL UNIVERSE | NEUTRAL-HYDROGEN | DIGITAL SKY SURVEY | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Surveys | Clouds | Galaxies | Astronomy | Gases | Evolution | Astrophysics | Stars & galaxies | Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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