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Globular clusters in the far-ultraviolet: evidence for He-enriched second populations in extragalactic globular clusters?
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2382 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.464..713P

Kundu, Arunav; Zepf, Stephen E.; Peacock, Mark B. +1 more

We investigate the integrated far-ultraviolet (FUV) emission from globular clusters. We present new FUV photometry of M87's clusters based on archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 F170W observations. We use these data to test the reliability of published photometry based on HST space telescope imaging spectrograph FUV…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 16
OH Survey along Sightlines of Galactic Observations of Terahertz C+
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa67e9 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...839....8T

Wang, Shen; Heiles, Carl; Li, Di +9 more

We have obtained OH spectra of four transitions in the {}2{{{\Pi }}}3/2 ground state, at 1612, 1665, 1667, and 1720 MHz, toward 51 sightlines that were observed in the Herschel project Galactic Observations of Terahertz C+. The observations cover the longitude range of (32°, 64°) and (189°, 207°) in the northern Galactic plan…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Herschel 16
X-ray-emitting active galactic nuclei from z = 0.6 to 1.3 in the intermediate- and high-density environments of the ORELSE survey
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3091 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.466..496R

Tomczak, A.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Kocevski, D. D. +8 more

We studied active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity in 12 large-scale structures (LSSs) in the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large-Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey, at 0.65 < z < 1.28, using a combination of Chandra observations, optical and NIR imaging and spectroscopy. We located a total of 61 AGNs that were successfully matched to…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 16
Results from a triple chord stellar occultation and far-infrared photometry of the trans-Neptunian object (229762) 2007 UK126
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628620 Bibcode: 2017A&A...600A..12S

Kiss, C.; Ortiz, J. L.; Braga-Ribas, F. +8 more

Context. A stellar occultation by a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) provides an opportunity to probe the size and shape of these distant solar system bodies. In the past seven years, several occultations by TNOs have been observed, but mostly from a single location. Only very few TNOs have been sampled simultaneously from multiple locations. Sufficie…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Herschel eHST 16
Neutron-capture element abundances in the planetary nebula NGC 5315 from deep optical and near-infrared spectrophotometry★†
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1585 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.1341M

Madonna, S.; García-Rojas, J.; Sterling, N. C. +5 more

We analyse the chemical composition of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 5315, through high-resolution (R ∼ 40000) optical spectroscopy with Ultraviolet-Visual Echelle Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope, and medium-resolution (R ∼ 4800) near-infrared spectroscopy with Folded-port InfraRed Echellette at Magellan Baade Telescope, covering a wide s…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 16
Properties of the Irregular Satellite System around Uranus Inferred from K2, Herschel, and Spitzer Observations
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aa8365 Bibcode: 2017AJ....154..119F

Pál, A.; Molnár, L.; Marton, G. +10 more

In this paper, we present visible-range light curves of the irregular Uranian satellites Sycorax, Caliban, Prospero, Ferdinand, and Setebos taken with the Kepler Space Telescope over the course of the K2 mission. Thermal emission measurements obtained with the Herschel/PACS and Spitzer/MIPS instruments of Sycorax and Caliban were also analyzed and…

2017 The Astronomical Journal
Herschel 16
The origin and evolution of a differentiated Mimas
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.011 Bibcode: 2017Icar..296..183N

Rhoden, A. R.; Neveu, M.

In stark contrast with its neighbor moon Enceladus, Mimas is surprisingly geologically quiet, despite an eccentric orbit and distance to Saturn prone to levels of tidal dissipation 30 times higher. While Mimas' lack of geological activity could be due to a stiff, frigid interior, libration data acquired using the Cassini spacecraft suggest that it…

2017 Icarus
Cassini 16
Evidence for different accretion regimes in GRO J1008-57
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629131 Bibcode: 2017A&A...607A..88K

Rothschild, Richard E.; Fürst, Felix; Klochkov, Dmitry +6 more

We present a comprehensive spectral analysis of the BeXRB GRO J1008-57 over a luminosity range of three orders of magnitude using NuSTAR, Suzaku, and RXTE data. We find significant evolution of the spectral parameters with luminosity. In particular, the photon index hardens with increasing luminosity at intermediate luminosities…

2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Suzaku 16
Explosive Chromospheric Evaporation and Warm Rain in a C3.1 Flare Observed by IRIS, Hinode/EIS, and RHESSI
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8a68 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...848...39B

Brosius, Jeffrey W.; Inglis, Andrew R.

IRIS and EIS observed a GOES C3.1 flare in stare mode on 2014 March 15. The GOES flare started at 00:21:35 and peaked at 00:26:30 UT. The IRIS slit pointed near the center of the flare, while the EIS slit pointed 35\prime\prime to its west. About 4 minutes before the GOES flare start, the IRIS C II and Si IV intensities became (and rema…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
Hinode IRIS 16
Comparative Study of the Three-Dimensional Thermodynamical Structure of the Inner Corona of Solar Minimum Carrington Rotations 1915 and 2081
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-017-1179-z Bibcode: 2017SoPh..292..153L

Frazin, Richard A.; Vásquez, Alberto M.; Nuevo, Federico A. +1 more

Using differential emission measure tomography (DEMT) based on time series of EUV images, we carry out a quantitative comparative analysis of the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the electron density and temperature of the inner corona (r <1.25 R) between two specific rotations selected from the last two solar minima, namely Carr…

2017 Solar Physics
SOHO 16