astronomy – Hangout

Wednesday, 12 August 2009Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Showing 10,000 galaxies, the overwhelming Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the most amazing, most humbling image in history, demonstrating how tiny and precious we are. This video explains how it was taken, and shows it in three dimensions.

The end of summer …
Well, it’s been almost a month and the blog calls. We have said goodbye to Seytroux once more and here I am on a train from Norfolk to London … is this the start of the next phase of my life?? Let’s see. In the meantime, current news. A lovely 3 weeks in Seytroux catching […]
Sailing with Saphir
We were excited to be seeing our friends Edgar and Eva again, and curious to experience life on board Saphir – their Nordia 55 yacht that had taken them around the world. Whilst Saphir is like Mistral in many ways – a 17m ocean going yacht, we wondered how the boat life experience would be […]
Summer living …
We are half way through our summer in Seytroux … for the most part, hot summer sun, blue skies and cooler evenings. The valleys are wonderful shades of green and I have been trying to get my mountain fitness back with hikes on some of my favourite trails … the Elephant’s Head in St Jean […]