OK, and now you have given me something that I can do, naming a galaxy, an enormous galaxy. Much, much more in my wheelhouse than defining odd words. That galaxy actually does already have a name, a more familiar name that rolls right of the tongue, as you will no doubt agree as soon as I have told you what it is. That galaxy, so very far away, so bright, it's name is, well maybe it's more like a nickname, of sorts, a name that it's friends call it, that its fans shout from the stands as it does a handstand or dunks a star through that impossibly high hoop. Yes, you might hear that galaxy's name arise in a massive cheer from all of its neighboring galaxies when it does another marvelous pirouette. (Well, you might hear the cheer a great many years after its light arrives here at Earth, since sound travels so much slower. In fact, does sound travel through the vacuum of space at all? Perhaps not ...) That galaxy's name is ... and now that I've wound you up, I can't think of anything clever. Perhaps I'll return to this post once my brain has had a chance to put its two cells together and come up with something.
Thank you, Rebecca, for adding to my vocabulary today a word I shall try to use now. Indeed, knowing “Immanuel” means I’ll never have trouble defining “immanence” again! Our God is so near (in all the daily-ness of every day) and yet… so Everywhere!!! He is utterly amazing, as He tries to tell us through His creation. I also didn’t know about the newly discovered galaxies (but I’m not surprised. And, unfortunately, I’m not as impressed as I am sure I should be: in truth, my lack of comprehension stunts my ability to be properly astounded).
God tells us, when He created the world, “the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (Job 38:7). So the Bright Song Galaxy or the Clara Cantor Galaxy (Latin seems nice) is my name for JADES-GS-z14-0, the newly discovered, especially bright galaxy.
Yes! Isn't that connection between Immanuel and "immanence" everything you need? It works for me, too.
And I appreciate this: "my lack of comprehension stunts my ability to be properly astounded." Yes. Same.
AND I love BOTH of these names for the galaxy! Each one is great. Hmmm. Maybe I should send them AND Creamsicle Delight to James Webb. They can pick the winner. :)
OK, and now you have given me something that I can do, naming a galaxy, an enormous galaxy. Much, much more in my wheelhouse than defining odd words. That galaxy actually does already have a name, a more familiar name that rolls right of the tongue, as you will no doubt agree as soon as I have told you what it is. That galaxy, so very far away, so bright, it's name is, well maybe it's more like a nickname, of sorts, a name that it's friends call it, that its fans shout from the stands as it does a handstand or dunks a star through that impossibly high hoop. Yes, you might hear that galaxy's name arise in a massive cheer from all of its neighboring galaxies when it does another marvelous pirouette. (Well, you might hear the cheer a great many years after its light arrives here at Earth, since sound travels so much slower. In fact, does sound travel through the vacuum of space at all? Perhaps not ...) That galaxy's name is ... and now that I've wound you up, I can't think of anything clever. Perhaps I'll return to this post once my brain has had a chance to put its two cells together and come up with something.
I'm on the edge of my seat!! This bit of prose is a delight all by itself, but I do look forward to your return to the conversation....
Creamsicle Delight! Because of the colour, but also because I delight in God Immanuel - who is with us, here and now.
I love this very, very much. Creamsicle Delight it is!
I wonder who the contact is to go ahead and make this official. Do I direct my message to someone at NASA? Or maybe James Webb....?
I’ll put in a word. Does anyone have NASA’s number?! 😜
Thank you, Rebecca, for adding to my vocabulary today a word I shall try to use now. Indeed, knowing “Immanuel” means I’ll never have trouble defining “immanence” again! Our God is so near (in all the daily-ness of every day) and yet… so Everywhere!!! He is utterly amazing, as He tries to tell us through His creation. I also didn’t know about the newly discovered galaxies (but I’m not surprised. And, unfortunately, I’m not as impressed as I am sure I should be: in truth, my lack of comprehension stunts my ability to be properly astounded).
God tells us, when He created the world, “the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (Job 38:7). So the Bright Song Galaxy or the Clara Cantor Galaxy (Latin seems nice) is my name for JADES-GS-z14-0, the newly discovered, especially bright galaxy.
Thanks for the lovely poem, too!
Yes! Isn't that connection between Immanuel and "immanence" everything you need? It works for me, too.
And I appreciate this: "my lack of comprehension stunts my ability to be properly astounded." Yes. Same.
AND I love BOTH of these names for the galaxy! Each one is great. Hmmm. Maybe I should send them AND Creamsicle Delight to James Webb. They can pick the winner. :)