Kingfisher Galaxy Alcyoneus

Galaxies abound.
The universe expanding.
With no seeming end.
And a new discovery.
Of the largest universe.

Alcyoneus.
A new galaxy observed.
By astronomers.
A hundred fifty three times.
The size of our Milky Way.

This new galaxy.
Three billion light years far.
Far away from Earth.
A radio galaxy.
With massive jets and with lobes.

In this galaxy.
These massive jets and their lobes.
Have at their center.
A giant super black hole.
That is radio active.

At huge distances.
Traveling at the speed of light.
Emit radio waves.
Detected by our “LOFAR.”
Low frequency antennas.

Alcyoneus.
Guarded by a cosmic web.
Is self-protected.
Its web exceeds our sun’s mass.
Two hundred billion times.

Alcyoneus.
Is a monster galaxy.
“Starburst” galaxy.
Ancestor of galaxies.
Like that of our Milky Way.

Forming rapid stars.
Birthing them with massive growth.
With dense galaxies.
Thousand times that of our own.
Creating all our new stars.

Galaxies evolve.
And burn through cosmic gases.
To create new stars.
Some becoming “red and dead.”
Common to our universe.

The quest to learn more.
Can provide useful answers.
About galaxies.
How these galaxies evolved.
Including our Milky Way.

The “new” galaxy.
Has an interesting story.
A Greek back story.
Connected to Heracles.
Greatest of the Greek heroes.

Of Greek origin.
The name Alcyoneus.
Is legendary.
A Greek Kingfisher hero.
Who fought against Athene.

Alcyoneus.
Opponent of Heracles.
Was an immortal.
Struck down in war, he survived.
And thus became a hero.

A mythic hero.
As a giant galaxy.
Looming large again.
Fallen once, still now rising.
Posing mighty in the sky.