Star Formation, Molecular Clouds, and Freestyle Skiing

HST PC image showing young stars in the Trapezium region in
the core of the Great Nebula in Orion

Fall 2000

ASTR 5750 Astronomical Observations

Meets: Tues & Thurs 2:00 - 3:15, G1B35 (Duane Physics)

Invaluable Resources:

Images: interesting color images

Papers: most recent preprints and papers by Bally, et al.

Recent Public talks at the Fiske Planetarium : The Birth of Stara and Planets, & Quest for Life Beyond the Solar System

Projects : Some old projects being worked on by Bally and graduate students

On-line Data: /origins/bally1/7mdata_cubes

The Bell Labs 7m data-files are available. Click here to ftp FITS files of the Galactic Center, Orion A, Orion B, NGC 2264, Mon R2, Perseus, and rho Ophiucus. If you have problems downloading these using a web-browser, I suggest you do an anonymous FTP to the site instead.

Star Formation Resources:

ESIS Catalogue Browser
ESO Anonymous FTP Archive

A general catalogue of Herbig-Haro objects by B. Reipurth, 1994

Star Formation Newsletter for PostScript versions of the newsletter from 1992 to the present

FREESTYLE SKIING!