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On Friday April 30, Deirdre Kelleghan and the Hubble 20th Anniversary print visited Jane Ahern's 4th class at St Brigids National School in Greystones Co, Wicklow, Ireland.  Deirdre was invited by Ann Lee, the class Special Needs Assistant, to showcase the Hubble image.  The huge 5- by 8-foot print shows a section of the Carina Nebula in fantastic detail.  The Carina Nebula is one of the places in our galaxy where new stars are born, flexing the tremendous power of nature, creating new solar systems with awesome energy.  The image was captured by the Hubble Telescope's new camera which was recently installed by space shuttle astronauts on a service mission.

The energy and enthusiasm in the classroom was tangible as the children absorbed the story of The Hubble Space Telescope and the Carina Nebula.  They listened well and learned a little about star formation, star birth, the lives of stars, and what happens when stars have finished burning their fuel.  The children asked great questions and were full of smiles-their  interest was shining as brightly as the stars we were talking about.

Souvenir Hubble cards were given to each child, and an invitation to write a poem about stars was the creative challenge given to these attentive sparkling children.

 

CARINA NEBULA BY CIARA, AGE 10

Colorful and wonderful
Amazingly beautiful cloud
Really big exploding stars
Interesting sight
Now I realise whats out there
A very spectacular thing in deep deep space


CARINA NEBULA BY RUAIRI, AGE 9

Colourful clouds of stars
An absolute phenomenon
Red puffy clouds of sparkles and gas
Interesting and fascinating
No boring stuff here
Amazingly Amazing


CARINA NEBULA BY DMITRIY, AGE 10

Colorful pink jets everywhere
Awesome
Riot of beauty
Intellectually hard to understand
Nearly nicer than my dogs ( but never will be )
Amazing sight of different colours


CARINA NEBULA BY FAYE, AGE 10

Colourful explosions burst into the air
A sight you cannot believe
Roaring colour everywhere
Interesting stuff way up there
New Stars are born
A hypnotising wonder which explodes into dust



CARINA NEBULA BY ANN LEE, SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT

Blazing Blue
Flaming Red
Glaring Green
Power beyond reckoning
A star is born and dies
And is born and dies again
In the unending circle of creation and destruction
No ending and no beginning

 

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Deirdre Kelleghan (front center) with teacher Jane Ahearn and the children of 4th class in Greystones

 

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    I am an amateur astronomer, an artist and I like to write. Vice Chair Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies. Irish Rep for Astronomers Without Borders.

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