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Eye of the Galaxy
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The Eye of Galaxy NGC
1 O 9 7 shows off its heart.
Stars in their intricacy agree
with dust picked out in the color chart.
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Forty-eight million light-years from Earth
in the Fornax constellation lies
a barred spiral galaxy whose worth
is shown in the intricate disguise
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of the web of stars and dust at core
picked out in discovered dark red hue
thanks to two gadgets shown in galore
with tendrils of dust in retinue.
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The scope to which galaxy’s revealed
makes sense after delving into how
the images that were once concealed
add up after screening color now.
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A helpful starting point is to think
how pictures like this one are composed.
Our eyes detect light waves in a blink
while brain interprets colors disclosed.
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At any rate, wavelengths maximize
what humans might interpret as hue,
so let us amidst our sighs and whys
ponder what causes blue to be blue.
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~ Harley White
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Some sources of info were the following…
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Eye of the Galaxy, NGC 1097
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This finely detailed image shows the heart of NGC 1097, a barred spiral galaxy that lies about 48 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax. This picture reveals the intricacy of the web of stars and dust at NGC 1097’s center, with the long tendrils of dust picked out in a dark red hue. The extent to which the galaxy’s structure is revealed is thanks to two instruments on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope: the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
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Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Sand, K. Sheth
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