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Capella: Separating the Giants
Young, P. R.; Dupree, A. K.
Images from the Faint Object Camera (FOC) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) are used to spatially separate the two giants of Capella (α Aurigae; HD 34029) for the first time at ultraviolet wavelengths. The images were obtained with broadband filters that isolate the wavelength regions 2500-3000 Å and 1300-1500 Å. The cool G8 giant is found to be…
Damping of Low-Frequency Alfvén Waves in Fast Polar Coronal Winds from the Rotating Sun
Lou, Yu-Qing
Steady fast solar winds with high speeds of ~750-800 km s-1 persist from polar coronal holes and meandering coronal holes that extend to lower latitudes. Observations of Ulysses and earlier spacecraft confirmed the presence of large-amplitude transverse magnetic field fluctuations in the fast solar wind, characterized by outward-traveli…
Filaments and Ionized Gas in the Vicinity of 3C 244.1
Sparks, William B.; Macchetto, F. Duccio; Martel, André R. +1 more
We present results of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the radio galaxy 3C 244.1. The broadband F702W (R) and F555W (V) images (WFPC2/PC) show an elliptical galaxy, and gaseous filaments and blobs surrounding it. In the narrowband ramp filter, dominated by [O III] λ5007, these filaments are bright and have the same morphology as the broadban…
Ultraviolet C I Lines in the HgMn Star χ Lupi
Proffitt, Charles R.
We present non-LTE calculations for the ionization equilibrium of C I tailored to match the HgMn star χ Lupi. Comparisons are made with the UV C I lines observed using the Hubble Space Telescope's Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, as well as with Voyager far-ultraviolet (FUV) measurements of the flux between 1040 and 1200 Å, where C I is the d…
Erratum: ``The Excitation and Metallicity of Galactic H II Regions from ISO-SWS Observations of Mid-Infrared Fine-Structure Lines'' (ApJ, 566, 880 [2002])
Pauldrach, A. W. A.; Feuchtgruber, Helmut; Lutz, Dieter +2 more
Because of an error at the Press, several figures were published with incorrect or missing axis labels. Figures 2, 3, 4, and 9 are correctly reproduced below. The Press sincerely regrets the error.
Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant
Kelson, Daniel D.; Illingworth, Garth D.; Huchra, John P. +12 more
We present here the final results of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project to measure the Hubble constant. We summarize our method, the results, and the uncertainties, tabulate our revised distances, and give the implications of these results for cosmology. Our results are based on a Cepheid calibration of several secondary distance methods…
Interpreting the Cosmic Infrared Background: Constraints on the Evolution of the Dust-enshrouded Star Formation Rate
Elbaz, D.; Chary, R.
The mid-infrared local luminosity function is evolved with redshift to fit the spectrum of the cosmic infrared background (CIRB) at λ>5 µm and the galaxy counts from various surveys at mid-infrared, far-infrared, and submillimeter wavelengths. A variety of evolutionary models provide satisfactory fits to the CIRB and the number counts. Th…
The Farthest Known Supernova: Support for an Accelerating Universe and a Glimpse of the Epoch of Deceleration
Dickinson, Mark; Casertano, Stefano; Filippenko, Alexei V. +16 more
We present photometric observations of an apparent Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) at a redshift of ~1.7, the farthest SN observed to date. The supernova, SN 1997ff, was discovered in a repeat observation by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of the Hubble Deep Field-North (HDF-N) and serendipitously monitored with NICMOS on HST throughout the Thompson et…
The Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of Lyman Break Galaxies: Star Formation, Extinction, Abundances, and Kinematics
Dickinson, Mark; Giavalisco, Mauro; Pettini, Max +5 more
We present the first results of a spectroscopic survey of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) in the near-infrared aimed at detecting the emission lines of [O II], [O III], and Hβ from the H II regions of normal star-forming galaxies at z~=3. From observations of 15 objects with the Keck telescope and the Very Large Telescope augmented with data from the …
On the Temporal Relationship between Coronal Mass Ejections and Flares
Zhang, J.; Howard, R. A.; Kundu, M. R. +2 more
The temporal relationship between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and associated solar flares is of great importance to understanding the origin of CMEs, but it has been difficult to study owing to the nature of CME detection. In this paper, we investigate this issue using the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph and the EUV Imaging Telescope o…