The ant is perched upon a blade of grass,
may ponder on the vast expanse of space beyond its vision.
Knows nothing of the lawn mower spinning blade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From our perch on earth we see Centaurus,
and claim to grasp the tricky task to see beyond our vision;
then decisively proclaim there’s no Creator? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ant at least makes no such callow claims.
Such claims of course seem lame to us, for we have self-awareness
until we ponder what’s beyond Centaurus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Random Poet:01042024
www.therandompoet.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<<<<selected sources include: Centaurus<\/strong> (cen-tair’-us ) – -is a bright constellation in the southern sky<\/a>. One of the largest constellations<\/a>, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations<\/a> listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy<\/a>, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations<\/a>. Centaurus contains several very bright stars. Its alpha and beta stars are used as “pointer stars” to help observers find the constellation Crux<\/a>. Centaurus has 281 stars above magnitude 6.5, meaning that they are visible to the unaided eye, the most of any constellation. – <\/p>\n\n\n\n Centaurus is also home to open clusters. NGC 3766<\/a> is an open cluster 6,300 light-years from Earth that is visible to the unaided eye. It contains approximately 100 stars, the brightest of which are 7th magnitude. NGC 5460<\/a> is another naked-eye open cluster, 2,300 light-years from Earth, that has an overall magnitude of 6 and contains approximately 40 stars.[2]<\/a><\/sup> There is one bright planetary nebula<\/a> in Centaurus, NGC 3918<\/a>, also known as the Blue Planetary. It has an overall magnitude of 8.0 and a central star of magnitude 11.0; it is 2600 light-years from Earth. The Blue Planetary was discovered by John Herschel<\/a> and named for its color’s similarity to Uranus<\/a>, though the nebula is apparently three times larger than the planet.[2]<\/a><\/sup> Centaurus is rich in galaxies as well. NGC 4622<\/a> is a face-on spiral galaxy<\/a> located 200 million light-years from Earth (redshift 0.0146). Its spiral arms<\/a> wind in both directions, which makes it nearly impossible for astronomers to determine the rotation of the galaxy. wikipedia.org >>>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"