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Supernova Remnant
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Supernova remnant solitary,
from massive star explosion were you born,
of other stars seeming very wary,
uncannily cast out and so forlorn.
Begotten from collapsed giant stellar
you’ve not a star associate around,
nor in Milky Way are you a dweller
with neighborhood in our galactic ground.
While still derived from star that was immense
you have a low magnetic field for flair;
they call you neutron star, an ultra dense
variety, though you’re a type that’s rare.
…What strange and wondrous mysteries abound
…in universe unendingly profound…
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~ Harley White
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The poem is in the form of a sonnet…
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A source of inspiration was the following…
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E0102-72.3: Astronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/supernova-remnant-e0102-72-3/
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Explanation and info ~ This supernova remnant was produced by a massive star that exploded in a nearby galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud. X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple) have helped astronomers confirm that most of the oxygen in the universe is synthesized in massive stars. The amount of oxygen in the E0102-72.3 ring shown here is enough for thousands of solar systems. This image also contains optical data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile (red and green).
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Image credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/ESO/F.Vogt et al); Optical (ESO/VLT/MUSE), Optical (NASA/STScI)
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