Poster Desiderata, Spiral galaxy NGC1232 and Little Theta

Inspirational Guidance series: The full Desiderata by Max Ehrmann: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste... With a spectacular image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 and its distorted companion galaxy on the left side, shaped like the greek letter "theta". The central areas contain older stars of reddish colour, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions. The poem has inspired young adults who are coming of age since the 1920's and is as popular today as it ever was. It's been given as a gift by loving parents, grandparents, godparents and aunts and uncles as essential life-wisdom ever since it was written. They've found it to be one of the few ways for such wisdom to get past those raging hormones, giving support to the upcoming generation through their rebellious years and beyond... ESO/J. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.