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A single MIRI imaging integration of LTT 3780 b...

A single MIRI imaging integration of LTT 3780 b, taken from observation 15, cut from 90 ...

Natalie H. Allen et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Two MIRI 15 μm photometric light curves of LTT ...

Two MIRI 15 μm photometric light curves of LTT 3780 b, shown both at native time resolut...

Natalie H. Allen et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Final joint light-curve fit for the two observa...

Final joint light-curve fit for the two observations of LTT 3780 b, where 600 integratio...

Natalie H. Allen et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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HELIOS model comparison with fit eclipse depth....

HELIOS model comparison with fit eclipse depth. Note that the alternate reduction has be...

Natalie H. Allen et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Simulated JWST observations to potentially dist...

Simulated JWST observations to potentially distinguish the surface composition of LTT 37...

Natalie H. Allen et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Histogram of height from the Galactic plane for...

Histogram of height from the Galactic plane for identified MCs (top), plot of height vs....

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Systemic velocity vs. the Galactic longitude fo...

Systemic velocity vs. the Galactic longitude for identified MCs in the G120 (left) and G...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Kinematic distance of each identified MC in the...

Kinematic distance of each identified MC in the G120 (left) and G50 (right) regions as a...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Histogram of modified systemic velocities for M...

Histogram of modified systemic velocities for MCs in different segments of the Galactic ...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Histogram of radius (left) and radius–mass rela...

Histogram of radius (left) and radius–mass relation (right) for the MWISP clouds, overpl...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Integrated intensity (l–b; top) and Galactic lo...

Integrated intensity (l–b; top) and Galactic longitude–velocity (l–v; bottom) maps of MC...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Same as Figure 12, but for the Outer and OSC ar...

Same as Figure 12, but for the Outer and OSC arm segments. Due to insufficient samples i...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Thickness (FWHM) as a function of height from t...

Thickness (FWHM) as a function of height from the Galactic plane for different segments ...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Plan view of MC locations in the G120 and G50 r...

Plan view of MC locations in the G120 and G50 regions from the northern Galactic pole. M...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Pseudo-tricolor image of the integrated intensi...

Pseudo-tricolor image of the integrated intensity of 12CO (J = 1–0) (blue), 13CO (J = 1–...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Same as Figure 3, but for the G50 region. The v...

Same as Figure 3, but for the G50 region. The velocity range of the integrated intensity...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Middle row: 12CO (J = 1–0) integrated intensity...

Middle row: 12CO (J = 1–0) integrated intensity maps of selected MCs. The MCs are the sa...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Galactic velocity–latitude (v–b) maps of 12CO (...

Galactic velocity–latitude (v–b) maps of 12CO (J = 1–0) (blue), 13CO (J = 1–0) (green), ...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Signal-to-noise ratio distribution of 12CO (J =...

Signal-to-noise ratio distribution of 12CO (J = 1–0), 13CO (J = 1–0), and C18O (J = 1–0)...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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rms noise maps of 12CO (J = 1–0), 13CO (J = 1–0...

rms noise maps of 12CO (J = 1–0), 13CO (J = 1–0), and C18O (J = 1–0) line emission.

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersion as a functio...

Cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersion as a function of galactocentric distance. The velocit...

Xin Zhou et al, The Astronomical Journal 170 4

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Left panel: V-band surface brightness profile a...

Left panel: V-band surface brightness profile at 12 Gyr. Only stellar objects with masse...

Elena González Prieto et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 990 2

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Left: comparison of tidal disruption rates per ...

Left: comparison of tidal disruption rates per crossing time for our Monte Carlo simulat...

Elena González Prieto et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 990 2

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Main-sequence stars with projected 2D speeds gr...

Main-sequence stars with projected 2D speeds greater than 62 km s−1. The initial sample ...

Elena González Prieto et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 990 2

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Top panel: distribution of BH masses formed fro...

Top panel: distribution of BH masses formed from stellar collapse (dashed) and masses of...

Elena González Prieto et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 990 2

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