... This week's image is another sharp and beautiful photo taken from Balbriggan Observatory in Dublin by the skillful astrophotographer Carl O'Beirns: . ... I decided to have a break from Jupiter, and set up the WO110MM scope for some deep sky imaging. My target was the Bubble Nebula. ... Balbriggan Observatory (MPC#J09) . ... The Bubble and M52 by Carl O'Beirnes, Balbriggan Observatory, Dublin . Sunday, 16 August 2009 23:59 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... The Bubble Nebula . ... Cataloged as NGC 7635, it is also known simply as The Bubble Nebula. ... Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance [Libra] the Serpent [Serpens] ..." begins the description of the 5th entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous catalog of nebulae and star clusters. ... South Pole Star Trails . ... Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out . ... In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 September 2 . The Bubble Nebula . ... Explanation: Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar apparition has a surprisingly familiar shape . ... Above and right of the Bubble's center is a hot, O-type star , several hundred thousand times more luminous and approximately 45 times more massive than the Sun. ... About APOD | ...

... What is there beyond the edge of the universe? ... This is often illustrated by newspaper headlines: "Scientist sees face of God, confirms Big Bang model" (a reference to results from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite), "Is the cosmos younger than some of the stars it contains? ... The Lone Universe . ... We cannot reproduce it; we cannot take another one and see what happens to it; we cannot compare it to anything else, as astronomers routinely do with planets, stars, and galaxies. ...

... 2000 September 21 . XZ Tauri System Ejects Gas Bubble . ... Explanation: Why is the binary star system XZ Tauri emitting a hot bubble of expanding gas? ... The XZ Tauri star system is known to reside in the Taurus star forming region located about 500 light-years away. ... The bubble has been expanding over the past thirty years and now extends to nearly fifteen times the binary separation. Tomorrow's picture: Star Cluster . ... About APOD | ...

Broken Heart -- Red Flag It's not the way you bring me to my knees It's not the way you borrow, beg or plead It could be false although it could be true A simple touch, a hand to hold onto I'm on the verge of nowhere The sight, the sound, of nobody there You can't break the pieces of a broken heart in two So why do you You can't break the pieces of a broken heart in two ...

... Local organizer: Dr. Mikhail Sosonkin, Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukrainian National Academy of Science (NAS of Ukraine), Kiev . ... Leader of the group "ozone research" at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate (IACETH), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland . ... Head of Laboratory for Atmosphere Optics, Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukrainian National Academy of Science (NAS of Ukraine), Kiev . ... Coffee break (10.45-11.15) . ... Coffee Break (14.30-14.50) . ...

... Posts tagged ?dimension reduction? ... Prof. Bickel?s comment during his plenary lecture at the IMS-APRM particularly on sparse matrix and philosophical issues on choosing principal components led me to wonder why astronomers do not discuss astroinformatics . ... Tags: astroinformatics , bioinformatics , catalog , dimension reduction , journals , penalize , regularization , sparse matrix , variable selection . ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...