We Heart It
I CAN TELL YOU I LOVED. I CAN TELL YOU I RIPPED THE SKY OUT BACKWARDS AND PLANTED LAVENDERS IN PLACE OF THE STARS. I CAN TELL YOU IF THIS UNIVERSE IS TRYING TO BREAK ME, I WILL NOT YIELD. — Venetta Octavia, “I AM MORE THAN ATLAS”, excerpt of my upcoming chapbook, tentatively titled “Oculus”
NGC 2146. A galaxy being stretched out of shape has been imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It has been severely warped and deformed so that an immense dusty arm of glittering material now lies directly in front of the centre of the galaxy, as seen in the image. NGC 2146 is classified as a barred spiral due to its shape, but the most distinctive feature is the dusty spiral arm that has looped in front of the galaxy’s core as seen from our perspective.
Hubble Heritage
The above image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The planetary nebula NGC 2440 lies about 4,000 light years away toward the southern constellation Puppis. In the shell of gas and dust, NGC 2440 contains one of the hottest white dwarf stars known, more than 30 times hotter than that of our own Sun. The glowing stellar pearl can be seen as the bright dot near the image center.
