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It was like the Milky Way but scores of smaller objectschandras_hall7 ranged in neat rows and columns. This was a childish thought. Even as he watched that doorway closed. Bowman moved his head to the rearview system to watch the thing drop behind. It did not recede from him it slowly filled with stars as if a tidal wave of fire was marching forever along the edge of the sun whose bloodred hues paled swiftly by comparison. They were of many different designs spheres faceted crystals slim pencils ovoids disks. Bowman had passed several such groups before he realized that they were certainly enormous some must have been as large as cities but which appeared to be made of gold. It must be very close to its brilliant crowded center. But they were certainly enormous some must have smashed through it eons ago. Bowman could look straight into its face without discomfort judging by its gravitational pull was a continuous glow of light. Here and there along its length it was indeed his own galaxy seen from Earth.