The most beautiful galaxy in the world
As I prepare to ascend in the morning into the heavens on my way to North Carolina, then to the Energy Show in Wisconsin, my brother, Hugh, cc’d this photo of the Sombrero Galaxy, which astronomers selected as the top photo taken by the Hubble Telescope during the past 16 years. There are other views all over the internet, like this one. Just Google them up.
The Sombrero Galaxy is about half the diameter of our own Milky Way Galaxy but it has more than twice as many stars. Here’s some info on the Milky Way.
One of the best things about the internet is it’s so easy to share all the beauty in the world. In the early days of science, most scientists were very religious, believing that God was revealing himself as scientific knowledge unfolded.
