Posted on 10/05/2020 4:01:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 5643? A swirling disk of stars and gas, NGC 5643's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and brown dust, as shown in the featured image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The core of this active galaxy glows brightly in radio waves and X-rays where twin jets have been found. An unusual central glow makes NGC 5643 one of the closest examples of the Seyfert class of galaxies, where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive black hole. NGC 5643, is a relatively close 55 million light years away, spans about 100 thousand light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Wolf (Lupus).
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It’s mine so nobody can tax me and I don’t tax them for living in my galaxy.
And I don’t plan to in the future.
It won’t go well for anyone who tries to impose taxes on anyone else there.
I’ll have none of that!
A friend over at Hartz observatory couldn't find it.
Cool!
I’m on your side in this, so don’t worry. I’m not gonna call ERS (External Revenue Service) or anything.
*ducks around corner and speed dials ERS.
You know, I wasn’t going to have any kind of immigration restrictions
but you’re really making me rethink that!
Me?
I’m innocent!
I keep people on retainer to alibi that I wasn’t even there! It wasn’t me!
And I have a paranormal lawyer on call that can prove the existence of doppelgangers!
For reals! How would I know how to spell doppelgangers if there was no such thing as doppelgangers?
I don’t know. At first I trusted you, but ...
A temporary (500k year) travel ban from this galaxy may be in order.
Trusted me?
*Tears up and has the beginning of snot bubbles.*
That’s the kindest, most thoughtful thing anyone’s ever said to me.
*hug*
I need a moment to gather myself.
*walks away*
Dang. Hardly any cash in his wallet.
That’s it! No more mister nice guy. I’d better not see you within a million light years of my galaxy.
A guy just can’t have anything nice anymore.
Near as I can find out. It isn’t in Cartes du Ceil’s large database, nor, Sky Safari. The Wikipedia article about the Galaxy mentioned it, but, SINBAD didn’t give much either. But, it sure does look like a small, or, much further distant galaxy.
Sirius is the dog star, but Lee is the cat star who vexes him by jumping on the counters.
R U Sirius?...................
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