Europa Astronomy, Commemorative Issue
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Europa Astronomy, Commemorative Issue
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Βeyond the Milky Way astronomers have located many galaxies and one of these is the Andromeda galaxy which together with our own is located in a space cluster that includes the large Megellanic cloud and the small Megellanic cloud. This cluster extends to a distance of 2,000,000 light years. The distance covered by one light year is close to six trillion miles. The oldest ever identified galaxy is thought to be 13.6 billion light years from earth. Such distances are so astronomical that they are impossible to comprehend.
When primitive man observed the heavens he could never have imagined the vastness of the universe with its billions of stars and galaxies. In 1983
the known universe extended to 20,000,000,000 light years. Caleb Scharf writing in the Scientific American of August 2014 tells us that or galaxy
is but one of an estimated hundred billion such structures in the observable universe- a volume that now stretches in all directions from us for more than 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.
Today astronomers speak of multiple universes while others contemplate landing human beings on Mars. Mankind is reaching out for the heavens and is now seeking out the first moments of cosmic creation.
Robert Browning wrote: “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for ?”.
When primitive man observed the heavens he could never have imagined the vastness of the universe with its billions of stars and galaxies. In 1983
the known universe extended to 20,000,000,000 light years. Caleb Scharf writing in the Scientific American of August 2014 tells us that or galaxy
is but one of an estimated hundred billion such structures in the observable universe- a volume that now stretches in all directions from us for more than 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.
Today astronomers speak of multiple universes while others contemplate landing human beings on Mars. Mankind is reaching out for the heavens and is now seeking out the first moments of cosmic creation.
Robert Browning wrote: “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for ?”.
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
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Library of Cyprus University of Technology
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Designer: Christina Vasiliadou
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www.cypruspost.gov.cy
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en
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2009CS97, 2009CS98
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35.160417, 33.346556
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Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Europa Astronomy, Commemorative Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed January 31, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44182.