We present the KOALA database, a new set of LTE, line-blanketed model atmospheres calculated with the code ATLAS9, together with the corresponding Opacity Distribution Functions and emergent fluxes.
SDSS
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Status Report
Central Oxygen Abundances In The Spiral Galaxies Of The MaNGA Survey: Galaxies With Central Starbursts
We examine whether there are deviations of the local central oxygen abundances in spiral galaxies from the general metallicity gradients.
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release
Can Garnet Planets Be Habitable?
What makes a rocky planet Earth-like? Astronomers and geoscientists have joined forces using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to study the mix of elements in exoplanet host […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Press Release
The Elements of Life Mapped Across the Milky Way by SDSS/APOGEE
To say “we are stardust” may be a cliché, but it’s an undeniable fact that most of the essential elements of life are made in stars. At today’s American Astronomical […]