‘Forgotten Library’

cozy spaces

Books & Nooks It rained yesterday, which never happens at this time of the year in California. Made me feel all cozy~

And of course it’s raining on the inside… where the books are…

I am once again asking for recommendations of Greek myth inspired books 📖 So far I loved reading the Maidens and The Song of Achilles, but my favourite has to be Pandora by Susan Stokes! (Absolutely hated The Silence of Girls by Pat Baker, don’t understand why it exists.)

The Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is nearly 200,000 light years from earth. The picture above shows how it consists of vast clouds of dust and gas most likely from old stars going supernova. It is a stellar nursery for stars, similar to a nebula.

Close to this is the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and it is largely believed that their irregular shape is due to a collision that occurred between them thousands of years ago.

A prominent feature of the LMC is the Tarantula nebula (which the James Webb telescope recently took a high res photo of).

Sadly, those in the Northern Hemisphere never get the chance to see the LMC - it is only visible in the Southern Hemisphere!

NGC 6946 - Fireworks Galaxy

Face on spiral galaxies are not only amongst some of the most stunning objects in the night sky, but they reveal so much about galaxies, including our very own.

This galaxy is 25.2 million light years from us, in the constellation of Cepheus & Cygnus. It's 87,000 light years in diameter (100k for the Milky Way), so not too dissimilar.

Like most spiral galaxies it has a inner core of older more yellow/red stars giving a more creamy appearance, while the outer arms are dominated by vast nebula (pink) and large blue stars that come along with active star formation, for a few million years at least.

Unlike the Milky Way, it is classified as a star burst galaxy due to the huge amount of star formation, and why it's alter-ego "Fireworks Galaxy" is fairly apt, it has experienced 10 known supernova since records began.

Head of a partisan from the guard of King Henry III of France, dated 1588.

from The Worcester Art Museum