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Celestial Wishing Well
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Oh Wishing Well Cluster, grant me a wish,
perhaps more than one, if you would.
You waken within me starry-eyed hopes
plus dreams which in all likelihood
may stumble and fall on galactic slopes,
though I hope hopes shall never diminish.
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How stunning the colors in your array
called NGC three five three two,
some hot bluish tinted, others orange hued.
While names diverse were given you,
the ‘Wishing Well’ title my fancies wooed,
one thousand three hundred light-years away.
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In constellation Carina you’re found
which means the ‘Keel of Argo ship’
and said to resemble silver coins strewn.
To make wish there would be a trip
far out into a celestial lagoon
where astrals stelliferously abound.
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So splendidly you bespangle on high
with stippling of stars up above
through paths sidereal sparklingly lit
the firmament vaultings thereof,
where verses supernal by poets writ
may e’ermore resound in Milky-Wayed sky.
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Twice size of the full moon, your cluster is
considered a binary-rich
assemblage of elegant double stars
whose tinctures our senses bewitch
and stretch out perception of nears and fars
while round about Sun we mindlessly whiz
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as infinitely as our span,
awash in the vast cosmic plan…
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~ Harley White
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Inspiration derived from the following…
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NGC 3532 (Wikipedia)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3532
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A Colourful Gathering of Middle-aged Stars (ESO Org.)…
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1439/
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Explanation: The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a richly colorful view of the bright star cluster NGC 3532. Some of the stars still shine with a hot bluish color, but many of the more massive ones have become red giants and glow with a rich orange hue…
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Credit: ESO/G. Beccari
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