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HD 44179: The Red Rectangle Nebula
The star HD 44179, located about 2 300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros is surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the Red Rectangle. This strikingly detailed Hubble image reveals how, when seen from space, the nebula, rather than being rectangular, is shaped like an X with additional complex structures of spaced lines of glowing gas, a little like the rungs of a ladder.
The star at the centre is similar to the Sun, but at the end of its lifetime, pumping out gas and other material to make the nebula, and giving it the distinctive shape. It also appears that the star is a close binary that is surrounded by a dense torus of dust — both of which may help to explain the very curious shape.
Precisely how the central engine of this remarkable and unique object spun the gossamer threads of nebulosity remains mysterious. It is likely that precessing jets of material played a role.
The Red Rectangle is an unusual example of what is known as a proto-planetary nebula. These are old stars, on their way to becoming planetary nebulae. Once the expulsion of mass is complete a very hot white dwarf star will remain and its brilliant ultraviolet radiation will cause the surrounding gas to glow.
Source: spacetelescope.org
Last Goodbye- I Will Never Be The Same
Across the sky,
There is a place.
When the starships fly,
in a perfect formation.
And the sun shines
in the color blue
a world apart,
like me and you.
Hello, now raise your hand and look to the sky
and realize, that this is not the last goodbye.
Small explosions,
Far from your sight
and the pattern of stars only visible at night
Cold dust and space
form a cloud shape that reminds me of your face.
Hello, now raise your hand and look to the sky
and realize, that this is not the last goodbye.
There is a place
Where the sun is warm
and the ocean’s kiss the sand, in my dreams.
There is a place where the light shines
and never you are afraid.
Hello, now raise your hand and look to the sky
and realize, that this is not the last goodbye.
We wish to be loved not because we are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because we are ourselves.
Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We’re just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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