... 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) . ...

... First the task demos (``de-mosaic'') is used to break the model produced by mosmem into models for individual pointings. ... Task selfcal takes all the models simultaneously and then, for each visibility in the input visibility dataset, it computes a model visibility using the model with the same pointing centre. ... DEMOS . ... There are, however, multiple input models (produced by demos ) corresponding to each of the pointings to be used in the self-calibration. ... Models produced by demos . ...

... Although the cement render is flaking off andтАж . ... Title: Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound. ... Although the cement render is flaking off and all wooden doors and hatches are burned, the tower is structurally sound. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Images . ... Star Clusters . ... Usage of ESO Images and Videos . ... Usage of ESO Videos and Images . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... Catch a Star 2013 . ... This is an IR Observation of R Doradus, a variable star in the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), located in the far southern sky. ...

... Telescopes . ... Diameter of circular antenna . ... Number of antenna elements . ... Geometrical area . ... Effective area of full circle . ... Wavelength range . ... Frequency range . ... 2 arcsec . ... Flux density limit . ... Absolute brightness temperature limit . 0.050 mK . ...

... Russian-French Laboratory "J.V. Poncelet" . ... Victor P. Maslov : Ultrasecond quantization of a classical version of superfluidity in nanotubes . 10:40-11:00 . Coffee break . ... S. Gaubert and S. Sergeev : Cyclic projectors and separation theorems in idempotent semimodules over the max-plus semiring . ... G.L. Litvinov: Interval analysis for algorithms of idempotent and tropical mathematics . ... E.M. Beniaminov: Quantization as approximate description of a diffusion process (in Russian) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... July . ... To the left of Ophiuchus the snakeтАЩs tail can be seen, тАШCaudaтАЩ, and to the right тАШCaputтАЩ, the creatureтАЩs upper body and head, the last of which is formed from a small triangle of stars. ... Not only do the bright stars Vega, Deneb , and Altair ensure the triangle can be seen before 12am in July, the superstar trio are also bright enough to be spotted before dark. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

Computers become more and more popular nowadays. That means that the amount of people who are able to work with computer programmes and play computer games has increased. In many cases computer games are the only thing that a person is accustomed to. ... As a result of this epidemic "homo playing" may put on the isoreality helmet which makes a person, crazy about games, forget about food, slumber and all other components of real life: "homo playing" becomes isolated from community. ...

... The requirements contained in the current National Electrical Code and NFPA Standard for Electrical Requirements for Employee Workplaces apply to all electrical equipment, installations, and usage's at APO. ... do not use defective electrical equipment. ... the Site Safety Officer is to be notified of overloaded circuits in order to replace fuses and reset circuit breakers. ... the only multiple outlet adapter, other than extension cords, allowed are those have internal circuit breakers. ...

... Конструкция насоса: садовый, . ... Бренд: ROXY . Размер: XS/34 . ... Платье с карманами в боковых швах и застежкой на пуговицы Параметры изделия: Размер 48: Обхват груди - 92; Длина изделия - 130; Обхват бедер - 100; Обхват талии - 74; Размер 46: Обхват груди - 88; Длина изделия - 129; Обхват бедер - 96; Обхват талии - 70; Размер 44: Обхват груди - 84; Длина изделия - 129; Обхват бедер - 92; Обхват талии - 66; Размер 50: Обхват груди - 96; Длина изделия - 131; ...

... We are developing the following problems: a) combine optical and microwave technic to the indication of non-linear surface waves and wave breaking field; b) modelling of microwave propagation in a multiphase air-water interface; c) obtain quantitative dependencies of microwave radiation on geometry and statistics of wave breaking field in ocean surface; d) monitoring of ocean surface states using optical amd microwave airspace data sets. ... Important issue is spray and underwater bubbles. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Moon . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Biggest Full Moon . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... The statements break and continue are used for this. The break command terminates the execution of the innermost enclosing loop, causing execution to resume after the nearest done statement. ... The continue command causes execution to resume at the while , until or for statement which begins the loop containing the continue command. You can also specify an argument n|FR to continue which will cause execution to continue at the n|FR th enclosing loop up. ...