Publications (62)
The James Webb Space Telescope Mission
Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Randy Abbott +1004
Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized…
Ultraviolet Imaging of the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
Robert W. O'Connell, Ben Dorman, Ronak Y. Shah +7
We have used the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope to obtain deep far-UV (1620 Angstrom), 40' diameter images of the prototypical metal-rich globular cluster 47 Tucanae. We find a popu…
Nitrogen Production in Starburst Galaxies Detected by GALEX
Ryan P. Mallery, Lisa Kewley, R. Michael Rich +22
We investigate the production of nitrogen in star forming galaxies with ultraviolet (UV) radiation detected by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer Satellite (GALEX). We use a sample of 8…
The Complex North Transition Region of Centaurus A: A Galactic Wind
Susan G. Neff, Jean A. Eilek, Frazer N. Owen
We present deep GALEX images of NGC 5128, the parent galaxy of Centaurus A. We detect a striking "weather ribbon" of Far-UV and H emission, which extends more than 35 kpc north…
Ongoing Formation of Bulges and Black Holes in the Local Universe: New Insights from GALEX
Guinevere Kauffmann, Timothy M. Heckman, Tamas Budavari +21
We analyze a volume-limited sample of massive bulge-dominated galaxies with data from both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite. The gal…
UV emission and Star Formation in Stephan's Quintet
C. Kevin Xu, Jorge Iglesias-Paramo, Denis Burgarella +22
we present the first GALEX UV images of the well known interacting group of galaxies, Stephan's Quintet (SQ). We detect widespread UV emission throughout the group. However, there…