Thackeray's Globules: cosmic lumps of butter (2008 Dec 28)
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:57 am
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081228.html
<<Explanation: Rich star fields and glowing hydrogen gas silhouette dense, opaque clouds of interstellar gas and dust in this Hubble Space Telescope close-up of IC 2944, a bright star forming region in Centaurus, 5,900 light-years away. The largest of these dark globules, first spotted by South African astronomer A. D. Thackeray in 1950, is likely two separate but overlapping clouds, each more than one light-year wide. Combined the clouds contain material equivalent to about 15 times the mass of the Sun, but will they actually collapse to form massive stars? Along with other data, the sharp Hubble images indicate that Thackeray's globules are fractured and churning as a result of intense ultraviolet radiation from young, hot stars already energizing and heating the bright emission nebula. These and similar dark globules known to be associated with other star forming regions may ultimately be dissipated by their hostile environment -- like cosmic lumps of butter {
}in a hot frying pan.>>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ma ... _Thackeray
<<William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray, held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company.>>
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<<The Agnihotra sacrifice in honor of Agni, the Hindu Fire-god.
This oblation consists of throwing BUTTER balls into the fire.
The BUTTER represents the fat victims which were formerly used.
The sacrifice is performed at dawn and sunset (sandhya),
the two crepuscles of the Sun. Agni is identified with
the Sun and, more exactly, with the Fallen Sun
that inflames the earth at the world's end.>>
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. Henry the Fourth, Part One (Folio) 2.4
.
PRINCE HENRY: Didst thou neuer see Titan kisse a dish of BUTTER,
. pittifull hearted Titan that melted at the sweete
. Tale of the Sunne?
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Widenostrils. (French, Bringuenarilles.) A huge giant, who subsisted
on windmills, and lived in the island of Tohu. When Pantagruel and his
fleet reached this island no food could be cooked because Widenostrils
had swallowed "every individual pan, skillet, kettle, frying-pan,
dripping-pan, boiler, and saucepan in the land," and died from
eating a lump of BUTTER.
Tohu & Bohu, two contiguous islands (in Hebrew, toil & confusion),
mean lands laid waste by war. The giant had eaten everything,
so that there was "nothing to fry with," as the French say.
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<<The Hatter was the first to break the silence. 'What day
of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken
his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily,
.
Shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.
Alice considered a a little, and then said 'The FOURTH.'
.
. 'Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter.
.'I told you BUTTER wouldn't suit the works!'
. he added looking angrily at the March Hare.
'It was the best BUTTER,' the March Hare meekly replied.>>
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<<Explanation: Rich star fields and glowing hydrogen gas silhouette dense, opaque clouds of interstellar gas and dust in this Hubble Space Telescope close-up of IC 2944, a bright star forming region in Centaurus, 5,900 light-years away. The largest of these dark globules, first spotted by South African astronomer A. D. Thackeray in 1950, is likely two separate but overlapping clouds, each more than one light-year wide. Combined the clouds contain material equivalent to about 15 times the mass of the Sun, but will they actually collapse to form massive stars? Along with other data, the sharp Hubble images indicate that Thackeray's globules are fractured and churning as a result of intense ultraviolet radiation from young, hot stars already energizing and heating the bright emission nebula. These and similar dark globules known to be associated with other star forming regions may ultimately be dissipated by their hostile environment -- like cosmic lumps of butter {
}in a hot frying pan.>> --------------------------------------------------------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ma ... _Thackeray
<<William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray, held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company.>>
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<<The Agnihotra sacrifice in honor of Agni, the Hindu Fire-god.
This oblation consists of throwing BUTTER balls into the fire.
The BUTTER represents the fat victims which were formerly used.
The sacrifice is performed at dawn and sunset (sandhya),
the two crepuscles of the Sun. Agni is identified with
the Sun and, more exactly, with the Fallen Sun
that inflames the earth at the world's end.>>
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. Henry the Fourth, Part One (Folio) 2.4
.
PRINCE HENRY: Didst thou neuer see Titan kisse a dish of BUTTER,
. pittifull hearted Titan that melted at the sweete
. Tale of the Sunne?
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Widenostrils. (French, Bringuenarilles.) A huge giant, who subsisted
on windmills, and lived in the island of Tohu. When Pantagruel and his
fleet reached this island no food could be cooked because Widenostrils
had swallowed "every individual pan, skillet, kettle, frying-pan,
dripping-pan, boiler, and saucepan in the land," and died from
eating a lump of BUTTER.
Tohu & Bohu, two contiguous islands (in Hebrew, toil & confusion),
mean lands laid waste by war. The giant had eaten everything,
so that there was "nothing to fry with," as the French say.
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<<The Hatter was the first to break the silence. 'What day
of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken
his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily,
.
Shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.
Alice considered a a little, and then said 'The FOURTH.'
.
. 'Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter.
.'I told you BUTTER wouldn't suit the works!'
. he added looking angrily at the March Hare.
'It was the best BUTTER,' the March Hare meekly replied.>>
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