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Welcome to ARC

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Welcome to ARC

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Sharpest ever view (1.5Gpx) of the Andromeda Galaxy by the Hubble Space Telescope
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, USA), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler.

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Barred spiral NGC 5101 and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078
Credit : APOD (25/05/2016) Dietmar Hager. Eric Benson

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The Helix Nebula in Infrared
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope; Processing: Judy Schmidt

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Herschel’s view of the Horsehead Nebula
Copyright ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/N. Schneider, Ph. André, V. Könyves (CEA Saclay, France) for the “Gould Belt survey” Key Programme

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Andromeda Galaxy seen in infrared
Copyright ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J. Fritz, U. Gent

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The Crab Nebula (or Messier 1), a remnant of a supernova explosion
Copyright : European Southern Observatory / Manu Mejias

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ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory view of the COSMOS field.
Credit: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/HerMES Key Programme; Hubble images: NASA, ESA; Keck Spectra: Caltech/W. M. Keck Observatory.

 

IRAS 08572+3915 an ultraluminous infrared galaxy
Credit: Gerhardt Meurer (The Johnos Hopkins University)

 

 

Aristarchus Research Center (ARC) is a multi-disciplinary research and innovation center which aims primarily to address the challenges of analysis and interpretation of the large and complex data sets of the modern era. The center has a prestigious network of international collaborators and is directed by
Prof. Andreas Efstathiou, Rector of European University Cyprus

 

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A new article entitled ‘Graph Partitions in Chemistry’, by ARC members Ioannis Michos and Vasilis Raptis, has been recently published at MDPI Entropy
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ARC’s member and Ph.D. candidate, Charalambia Varnava, presents part of her Ph.D. project at the 4th Pancyprian Conference in Statistics
ARC’s member and Ph.D. candidate, Charalambia Varnava, presents part of her Ph.D. project at the 4th Pancyprian Conference in Statistics
1st observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy
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A GRATOS article at Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNARS)
A GRATOS article at Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNARS)
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Chat with our researchers on various astronomical subjects and recent research updates from our group.

     

EARTH

Name: Earth Mass: 5.9 ×1024 kg
Radius: 6,371 km
Distance (from Earth): 0 km # of Stars: 0

MOON

Name: Moon Mass: 7.3 ×1022 kg
Radius: 1,737 km
Distance (from Earth): 384,400 km = 1.2 light-second # of Stars: 0

JUPITER

Name: Jupiter Mass: 1.9×1027 kg = 317.8×Earth = 1/1047 × Sun
Radius: 69,911 km
Distance (from Earth):  Closest: 588 ×106 km = 33 light-minutes  Farthest: 968 ×106 km = 54 light-minutes  # of Stars: 0
 

SUN

Name: Sun Type: Star Mass: 1.9×1030 kg = 333,000 × Earth
Radius: 695,700 km = 109 × Earth
Distance (from Earth): 1 AU ≈ 1.496×108 km = 8 light-minutes # of Stars: 1

HELIX

Name: Helix Nebula Type: Planetary Nebula Mass: < 8 x Sun
Radius: 2.7 x 1013 km = 2.87 light-years
Distance (from Earth): 6.7 x 1015 km = 714 light-years # of Stars: 1 white dwarf star
 

ORION

Name: Orion Nebula Type: Diffuse Nebula Mass: ~ 2,000 x Sun
Radius: 1.1 x 1014 km = 12 light-years
Distance (from Earth): 1.3 x 1016 km =1,344 light-years # of Stars: 2,800

GLOBULAR CLUSTER

Name: 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) Type: Globular Cluster Mass: 7.00×105 x Sun  Radius: 5.7 x 1014 km = 60 light-years
Distance (from Earth): 1.6 x 1017 km =16,700 light-years # of Stars: > 500,000
 

SPIRAL GALAXY

Name: Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101) Type: Spiral Galaxy Mass: 100×109 x Sun (disk) + 3×109 x Sun (central bulge) Radius: 8 x 1017 km = 85,000 light-years
Distance (from Earth): 1.4 x 1020 km = 20,900,000 light-years # of Stars: ~1 trillion (1012)
 

GALAXY CLUSTER

Name: Abell 1689  Type: Galaxy Cluster Mass: ~1015 x Sun  Radius: 9.4 x 1018 km = 1,000,000 light-years
Distance (from Earth): 2.3 x 1022 km = 2,459,000,000 light-years # of Stars: >160,000 globular clusters