A new Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) compound which was observed in the emission spectrum of stellar winds surrounding M87's jet is virtually identical in molecular structure to the sedimentary material recently scraped from the bottom of a bottle of South Pacific Star Port which was left behind at Wiruna by ASNSW AstroPhotographer and Land Lord, Mr Joe Cautious.
Local winemakers attempting to duplicate the famous South Pacific Star Port have caught wind of this discovery through the grapevine, and are highly suspicious that the Star Port's fine, smooth texture and wild fruity aroma may be due to the inclusion of this - as yet unnamed - compound.
Rumours have been circulating throughout the region that the Wollemi Winery at Nullo Mountain may be using a low-orbiting spacecraft covered in a sticky residue of old grape skins to collect the PAH compound which is then added during the fortification process of the Star Port, which itself is rumoured to occur in barrels made from the sapwood of local Wollemi Pines (wollemia nobilis).
This could explain the increasing occurrence of enhanced visual acuity amongst observers at Wiruna following consumption of copious amounts of the famous Star Port, where there have been reports of a number of cases of excessive use of averted vision ultimately leading to a condition known as averted imagination.
Sir Rob Vanderson, resident squire of Fort Davis and zymological expert in all things fermented, describes averted imagination in the following way:
"The kindest interpretation of these varied marvellous observations by these enhanced observers at Wiruna is that they could no longer distinguish between what they imagined they saw and what they actually saw".
In a small number of extreme cases of averted imagination by observers at Wiruna, various claims have been made of visual observations of the jet in M87 using a 12” Ritchey-Chrétien telescope and a unique Hydrogen Delta (Hd) narrow-band filter.
This unique H-Delta filter was originally created when a standard Deep-Sky broad-band filter became soiled by South Pacific Star Port having been accidentally spilled on the filter’s surface by a drunken observer who had not realised his accident.
The sedimentary material from the Star Port subsequently dried on the front surface of the Deep Sky filter blocking all wavelengths of light except a very narrow 4-Ångstrom band pass centred around the 4101Å (l=410.1 nm) Hd line of light found in the near-UV region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Amazingly, tests have shown that use of the Hd filter following copious consumption of Star Port has been demonstrated to visually reveal the jet of M87, and also to dramatically improve the appearance of the subtle PAH emission lines in the jet of M87 when used in conjunction with a spectroscope or a direct-vision prism.
M87's energetic jet is caused by a highly collimated stream of Synchrotron Radiation - high energy electrons spiralling along magnetic field lines at close to the speed of light.
The source of this radiation is believed to be the black hole at the heart of M87.
Speculation that what the enhanced observers at Wiruna are seeing is actually material ejected from the rear of the black hole in M87 rather than from the front of it has lead to much heated debate amongst astronomers and scientists alike.
However, many are in agreement that the PAH compounds have probably formed as a result of the material which is ejected from the black hole slowly cooling, and condensing into the opaque droplets whose spectra were discovered by Scott Muesli, and which are allegedly being used by the Wollemi Winery in their attempts to duplicate the famous Star Port.