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Grand Galactic Spiral
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In the small constellation which is called
Telescopium, a Latinized form
of the Greek for telescope is the sprawled
spiral galaxy in its astral swarm.
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Stippled with stars in the image we see
that hover about the firmament view
the Hubble has given us cordially
our own special gaze in this rendezvous
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at the grand I C 4 7 O 9
amid its swirling disks sidereal
within the faraway cosmic confine
high in celestial skies ethereal.
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It’s two hundred forty million light-years
away from our planet petite of earth,
of the hopes and fears, of laughter and tears,
where we mortals are living present mirth.
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Surrounding the whole is a halo faint
with dusty bands by artistry captured
as if an acrylic master of paint
had become by starry sights enraptured
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and created a masterpiece in space
one of myriad exhibited there
amongst the empyreal spheres of grace
as visioned from our earthly haven rare.
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‘Tis said a gargantuan black hole dwells
within this galactic spiral as ‘guest’,
if such word could conjure up parallels
to the crashing gas that is manifest.
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Within those environs it gets so hot
electromagnetic quantities great
radiation, infrared on, are shot,
per the spectrum of its emission fate.
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It is sixty-five million times the mass
of our Sun– one can barely fathom that–
which makes the great luminance come to pass
in apparently hellish habitat.
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As we cast our eyes at the vast expanse
or give to the cosmos more than a glance
one wonders in awe at the happenstance
that brought to existence our human dance.
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Aye seemingly seldom does life appear
within what we’ve seen of the ceaseless sweep
so let us yet strive our lives to revere
before we fall into that deepest sleep.
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~ Harley White
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Some sources of inspiration were the following…
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File:IC4709 - Hubble Space Telescope - potw2436a.jpg (Wikipedia)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IC4709_-_Hubble_Space_Telescope_-_potw2436a.jpg
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The image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, showcases the grand spiral galaxy IC 4709, located approximately 240 million light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Telescopium. Its luminous core is home to an active galactic nucleus (AGN) that emits radiation across almost all electromagnetic wavelengths. This brightness is largely due to a massive black hole at its center, which contains 65 million times the mass of our Sun. The galaxy is enveloped by a faint halo, and its spiral disk is densely populated with stars, gas, and dust…
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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Koss, A. Barth
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