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| Pastel, 12"x18" (original), ©1993 - A view of M42 from a nearby (12 ly) planetary system. Large Prints and Giclée Canvases are Available Below! M42 (The Orion Nebula) is powered by the light from "the Trapezium" (Theta-1 Orionis), a system of four hot, bright, new stars at the heart of the nebula. The Orion Nebula is the nearest star formation region to the Earth and consequently particularly well studied. Despite this, star formation is not all that well understood. While these nebulae themselves are huge (many light years across) a nascent solar system is tiny by comparison and hence invisible from the Earth. The Orion Nebula is actually just part of a much larger cloud that covers most of the constellation of Orion (including the region around the Horsehead Nebula). The Nebula's glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. The Great Nebula in Orion can be found with the unaided eye just below and to the left of the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. The whole Orion Nebula cloud complex, which includes the Horsehead Nebula, will slowly disperse over the next 100,000 years. |
| The tone of this piece simultaneously reminds me of the Science Fiction Movie fare from the late-1950s (think "Forbidden Planet" (1956)) through the mid-1960s and of the all too real, but surreal Dr. Strangelovelian fears of nuclear Annihilation prevalent during that same era. I have a natural nostalgia for that early time of my youth and my eager young dreams of conquering death and reaching out into the lively universe ala a Star Trek-like Space-Timecraft. Those years might have been considered very interesting times , but the times ahead may prove all past times profoundly dull in comparison. There are so many adventures and challenges just ahead it is hard to keep track. |
There are no bad dogs,
merely dogs that have learned to bite.
∞ Thom Comstock ∞
There are no bad dogs,
merely dogs that have learned to bite.
∞ Thom Comstock ∞
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