Tag: massive stars

Completed the Chandra/ACIS-I observations of the starburst cluster Westerlund 1 as part of the EWOCS (Extended Westerlund One Chandra Survey) project.

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The amount of gas that is converted into stars by the star formation process is described by the star formation rate. For instance, in the Milky Way today between 0.7 and 1.5 solar masses of gas are converted into stars each year. However, this a mean value across our Galaxy, since locally clouds can start forming stars at higher rates

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First light for the EWOCS (Extensive Westerlund One Chandra Survey) project

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On June 2019, the panel for the evaluation of the proposals for observations with the NASA telescope Chandra, operating in the X-rays, which met up in Boston, has approved the Large Project: “Star formation in starburst: a deep ACIS-I observation of Westerlund 1“, led by the astronomer Mario Giuseppe Guarcello – INAF Astronomical Observatory of Palermo. More details on the

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Pubblicato lo studio: “X-ray survey of the North-America and Pelican star-forming complex (NGC 7000/IC 5070)” di F. Damiani (INAF-OAPA)

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di Mario Giuseppe Guarcello    ( segui mguarce)     Poche ma estremamente importanti…. Le stelle con masse maggiori di 6 masse solari ed una temperatura efficace maggiore di 15000 gradi (stelle O e stelle B1-B5) sono particolarmente rare nell’Universo e la loro evoluzione si compie in pochi milioni di anni, un tempo piuttosto breve se paragonato ai miliardi di anni

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