ANANTA Magazine September 2014 | Page 14

Leaving the past and present scenarios of astronomy behind I would now like you to visualise astronomy as it is. The marvellous colours of excited gas in Helix nebula or the “Eye of God” in pop culture, can give Michelangelo a complex. We live in a stunning Universe where every sector seems to be another masterpiece. So try sacrificing your “idiot box” for a night and enjoy the riot of colours left by supernovae and stars. Even the powerful electricity-guzzling city lights cannot dim the Andromeda galaxy. Note that the city light