At The Center of the Galaxy
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Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o World!
My vacation was extended and then I found that not one, but two computers were buggy and due to my need to work and make a living, replacing/repairing the computers and restoring the data for work became my priority. I think I will have all back to normal on Tuesday and then I will need to wade through:
WORK
half a zillion emails
customer requests
renewal database
messages left for me while out
BLOG
Half a zillion comments (that might be an overestimate)
blogcentric emails
projects begun before the holidays
Not to mention
'Tis the season for picnics, open houses and family trips. We need to make a run up to the top of Wisconsin to fish (wife, while I read) and gaze at the Milky Way (can't really see it if anywhere near civilization) and watch the river otters play. Guess we will do that in August.
Someday I want to see the Whirlpool Galaxy, which is a mere 37,000,000 light years from earth.
"X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy M51. These images, taken at different wavelengths of light, reveal complex structure and detail in the galaxy's core, which is thought to hide a massive black hole.
Check out the "X" on the bottom right picture – A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the center of M51, taken in visible light with the Wide Field Planetary camera (in PC mode). This image provides the first direct view of what may be an immense ring of dust which fuels a massive black hole at the heart of M51. This "donut-ring" or torus appears as the darkest bar in the striking "X" silhouetted across the bright nucleus. The 'X" marks the exact position of the black hole. Because the giant ring is tilted edge-on as viewed from Earth, it hides the black hole from direct view. The second bar of the "X" could be second disk seen edge on, or possibly rotating gas and dust in M51 interacting with the jets and ionization cones. The image is 1100 light-years across.[bottom right]
CAN YOU IMAGINE what the image at the center of the Whirlpool Galaxy looks like to me? Far beyond early man's ability to perceive, we have flung the Hubble Telescope out into space to give us more information about the wonders that are beyond our mortal sight and here, inconceivably far from our world, is an image that looks to me for all the world to be.........Jesus Christ on the cross, taking upon Him the sins of the world. Wow.
Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o World!
My vacation was extended and then I found that not one, but two computers were buggy and due to my need to work and make a living, replacing/repairing the computers and restoring the data for work became my priority. I think I will have all back to normal on Tuesday and then I will need to wade through:
WORK
half a zillion emails
customer requests
renewal database
messages left for me while out
BLOG
Half a zillion comments (that might be an overestimate)
blogcentric emails
projects begun before the holidays
Not to mention
'Tis the season for picnics, open houses and family trips. We need to make a run up to the top of Wisconsin to fish (wife, while I read) and gaze at the Milky Way (can't really see it if anywhere near civilization) and watch the river otters play. Guess we will do that in August.
Someday I want to see the Whirlpool Galaxy, which is a mere 37,000,000 light years from earth.
"X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy M51. These images, taken at different wavelengths of light, reveal complex structure and detail in the galaxy's core, which is thought to hide a massive black hole.
Check out the "X" on the bottom right picture – A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the center of M51, taken in visible light with the Wide Field Planetary camera (in PC mode). This image provides the first direct view of what may be an immense ring of dust which fuels a massive black hole at the heart of M51. This "donut-ring" or torus appears as the darkest bar in the striking "X" silhouetted across the bright nucleus. The 'X" marks the exact position of the black hole. Because the giant ring is tilted edge-on as viewed from Earth, it hides the black hole from direct view. The second bar of the "X" could be second disk seen edge on, or possibly rotating gas and dust in M51 interacting with the jets and ionization cones. The image is 1100 light-years across.[bottom right]
CAN YOU IMAGINE what the image at the center of the Whirlpool Galaxy looks like to me? Far beyond early man's ability to perceive, we have flung the Hubble Telescope out into space to give us more information about the wonders that are beyond our mortal sight and here, inconceivably far from our world, is an image that looks to me for all the world to be.........Jesus Christ on the cross, taking upon Him the sins of the world. Wow.