Twin Jet Nebula/ January 2021 from Streichfett Sessions
Image Credit: Image Credit: Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
Streichfett Sessions Installment 3 January 2021
A planetary nebula that was discovered by Rudolph Minkowski in 1947. It is located about 2,100 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. This bipolar nebula takes the peculiar form of twin lobes of material that emanate from a central star. Astronomers have dubbed this object as the Twin Jet Nebula because of the jets believed to cause the shape of the lobes. Its form also resembles the wings of a butterfly. The nebula has inflated dramatically due to a fast stellar wind, blowing out into the surrounding disk and inflating the large, wispy hourglass-shaped wings perpendicular to the disk. These wings produce the butterfly appearance when seen in projection. The outer shell is estimated to be about 1,200 years old. -wikipedia
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The transformation into a butterfly is truly a remarkable and perfect representation of the natural cosmic laws at their most divine. Often for many this time of year marks the ending of one cycle and the beginning of another. 2021 is fresh, new, and full of hope and expectation of…'“better”. Some transformations are quick and alchemical, others take decades or perhaps thousands of years to complete and play out. There is always a starting point though, a moment, an idea, a letting go in order to transform.
What starting point will be chosen? In what alchemical crucible will it begin? What central star will we choose to emanate from?
Piano, Streichfett Alchymie
Mixed & Mastered Laila Kalantari
Recorded August 2020
Enjoy, Twin Jet Nebula.