Bärbel Koribalski
bskoribalski.bsky.social
Bärbel Koribalski
@bskoribalski.bsky.social
Astrophysicist and High Jumper.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4351-993X
Stunning "First Look" image by @vrubinobs.bsky.social of the galaxy NGC 4261 + neighbours. The image sharpness and depth is amazing plus the ability to see the diffuse light, e.g. stellar umbrellas caused by galaxy interactions. #astronomy #extragalactic #AstroSci * noirlab.edu/public/image...
Excerpt of the area around NGC 4261
Excerpt of the area around NGC 4261
noirlab.edu
July 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Optical images from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) are amazing, ... so much happening in the galaxy group. Exploring the sky never gets boring 🤩 #extragalactic #AstroSci #astronomy #galaxies
May 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reposted by Bärbel Koribalski
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers reveals how she has avoided a dip in motivation, as she targets winning the high jump at this year's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
'A different kind of strength': The key to Olyslagers's world titles success
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers reveals how she has avoided a dip in motivation, as she targets winning the high jump at this year's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
www.abc.net.au
April 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by Bärbel Koribalski
Nicola Olyslagers defends her indoor high jump world championship, with fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson second in Nanjing, China.
Aussies go 1-2 in high jump at indoor world championships
Nicola Olyslagers defends her indoor high jump world championship, with fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson second in Nanjing, China.
www.abc.net.au
March 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Bärbel Koribalski
GOLD and SILVER!!
Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers has won a second straight high jump Indoor World Championships Title, while Eleanor Patterson made it an Aussie 1,2 to win silver.

Both cleared 1.97m, but Olyslagers’ flawless jumps at earlier heights saw her prevail.
March 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Amazing world indoor high jump competition - some massive jumps by Nicola 🤩 Congratulations Nic No 1 🥇, Eleanor No 2 🥈and Yaroslava No 3 🥉 Bring on more High Jump 🔥🔥🔥 #athletics #highjump
🔥 WOW Gold & Silver 🔥

How amazing - Nicola Olyslagers & Eleanor Patterson make another mark in history

They share gold & silver on global championship podium - the only ever time this happened for Australia was in 1968 when Maureen Caird & Pam Kilborn did same in 80mH

🔥 sensational 🔥
March 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Wow 😮 ... lots going on here. Stellar shells and tails around IC 3091, clearly a galaxy merger in progress. #astronomy #AstroSci #extragalactic
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
‘Ghosts of the radio universe’: astronomers have discovered a slew of faint circular objects #astronomy #radioastronomy #AstroSci theconversation.com/ghosts-of-th...
‘Ghosts of the radio universe’: astronomers have discovered a slew of faint circular objects
The newest generation of radio telescopes can detect objects so faint, we’ve never seen them before.
theconversation.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Cool science: A giant X-shaped galaxy with a monster black hole as its engine * theconversation.com/experts-solv... (from May 2020) #extragalactic #astronomy #radioastronomy
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Who likes Giant Radio Galaxies (GRGs) ? Here my latest ASKAP collection (incl. two candidates), all larger than 1 Mpc with angular sizes >5 arcmin. It's a zoo !! Paper ready for submission, comments welcome. #radioastronomy #extragalactic #astronomy #galaxies
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Cool science: "Discovery of a rare ‘polar ring galaxy’ wrapped in a huge ribbon of hydrogen" (from Sep 2023) #astronomy #extragalactic #radioastronomy #galaxies theconversation.com/astronomers-...
Astronomers have discovered a rare ‘polar ring galaxy’ wrapped in a huge ribbon of hydrogen
New ASKAP images reveal a giant hydrogen ring around the spiral galaxy NGC 4632.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nearby galaxy pair NGC 7682 (left) and NGC 7679 (right) in a cosmic dance. Optical colour-composite image from the Dark Energy Survey DES-DR10. #astronomy #extragalactic #galaxies
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Another stunning image from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) DR10 release. This is NGC 4495 which is surrounded by numerous spokes and shells appearing like a faint but sharply defined halo. Looks like multiple "umbrellas" from galaxy merger events. #astronomy #extragalactic
January 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Faint stellar tails / bridges / filaments in the NGC 128 galaxy group as revealed in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) DR10, overexposed here to highlight stars outside the galaxy disks. These galaxies are interacting, and NGC 128 is counter-rotating (Chung+ 2012). #astronomy #extragalactic
January 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Three of the spiral galaxies shown are part of the famous Grus Quartet which is rich in neutral hydrogen gas (black and blue contours from ATCA and Parkes, respectively). Hydrogen bridges between galaxies as well as tidal tails highlight their interaction history.
December 28, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Merry Christmas everyone :)
December 25, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Santa on his way ... originally posted 10 yrs ago (wow !!), when we started the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP) * www.atnf.csiro.au/daily-pictur... #astronomy #radioastronomy #adap #xmas
December 24, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Congrats Manisha Caleb, @elenchically.bsky.social @astromelow.bsky.social and many others 🤩 Great to see this ASKAP discovery being highlighted here ! #radioastronomy #astronomy
The winner of cover of the year for 2024 is the September cover connected to the Caleb, Lenc et al. paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to all involved, particularly Carl Knox @ozgrav.bsky.social and @csiro.bsky.social #NAstroCoverComp #astronomy
December 22, 2024 at 2:53 AM
4/5 GALEX ultra-violet (UV) data show star formation (SF) in the disk of M83 as well as its outskirts. These types of large UV-disks are referred as XUV disks, where dense clumps of neutral hydrogen pinpoint SF in the disk outskirts. #astronomy #extragalactic #radioastronomy
December 21, 2024 at 1:49 AM

René Magritte's "The Kiss" at the NSW Art Gallery - amazing exhibition, loved strolling the rooms and reading about the artist and his works * www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exh... #bluesky
December 18, 2024 at 11:53 PM
3/5 The hydrogen envelope of spiral galaxies typically extends well beyond their stellar disks. M83 is a great example of this as shown below. There is a lot happening in the outer HI disk, likely evidence of interactions with neighbours. #radioastronomy #extragalactic #astronomy #spiral #galaxies
December 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
2/5 Deep optical images of M83 (NGC 5236) by Robert Gendler (left) and David Malin (right, 1987) reveal the faint stellar light including a southern spur and northern stream. The latter is likely an accreted dwarf galaxy. * David Malin's image archive: images.datacentral.org.au/malin/DEEP/153
December 17, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Keen to see the host galaxy of the MIGHTEE ORC ? Here it is, a massive elliptical that has grown so big by accretion and mergers. - Just published in @rasjournals.bsky.social ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRA...
#radioastronomy #astronomy #extragalactic #orcs
December 15, 2024 at 10:30 PM
December 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
M83 - stunning optical image of this nearby, spiral galaxy, also known as the Southern Pinwheel - apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap19062... * Processing & copyright: Robert Gendler www.robgendlerastropics.com #astronomy
December 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM