• Random, Science

    Posted on March 14th, 2010

    Written by georgiabarrie

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    Ring of the Week: The Eagle Has Landed

    Ring of the Week: The Eagle Has Landed

    “Fly me to the moon
    Let me play among the stars
    Let me see what spring is like
    On a-Jupiter and Mars”
    - Frank Sinatra, “Fly Me to the Moon”
    This week I had the honour of meeting three legends of the 20th century; astronauts Capt. Neil Armstrong, Capt. Gene Cernan and Capt. Jim Lovell. Neil Armstrong is, of [...]

  • Random, Science

    Posted on March 7th, 2010

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    Ring of the Week: Arp 87

    Ring of the Week: Arp 87

    “Up on a hill, as the day dissolves
    With my pencil turning moments into line
    High above in the violet sky
    A silent silver plane – it draws a golden chain
    One by one, all the stars appear
    As the great winds of the planet spiral in
    Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
    In the million insect storm, the constellations [...]

  • Random, Science

    Posted on February 28th, 2010

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    Ring of the Week: Arp 147

    Ring of the Week: Arp 147

    “Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
    Down the foggy ruins of time…
    Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
    Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
    With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
    Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”
    - Bob Dylan, “Mr Tambourine Man”
    After last [...]

  • Random, Science

    Posted on February 21st, 2010

    Written by georgiabarrie

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    Ring of the Week: Mayall’s Object

    Ring of the Week: Mayall’s Object

    “Love is a burning flame
    And it makes a fiery ring
    Bringing hurt to the heart’s desire
    I fell in the ring of fire”
    - Johnny Cash
    Before I venture any deeper into the mysterious world of Ring Galaxies, I thought I would give a quick introduction to the archetypal ring galaxy – the “Collisional Ring”.
    Collisional Rings are formed when a smaller [...]

  • Random, Science

    Posted on February 14th, 2010

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    Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Ellipses are red,
    Spirals are blue*
    But a heart-shaped ring galaxy?
    Haven’t a clue!
    My name is Georgia Barrie and I’m a Masters student at Oxford University. I’m currently working on a research project with Chris Lintott, attempting to explain the formation of the elusive ring galaxies. Thanks to the work of Galaxy Zoo users, I am now in [...]