2025年10月8日
NGC 7380: 巫师星云
影像提供与版权: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat
说明: 巫师星云中蕴藏着怎样的力量？强大的引力足以形成恒星，而恒星风和辐射则强大到可以创造和消散气体塔。巫师星云距离我们仅有8,000光年，环绕着正在形成的疏散星团NGC 7380。视觉上，恒星、气体和尘埃的相互作用创造出一个形状，有些人觉得它像一个虚构的中世纪巫师。这个活跃的恒星形成区域横跨约100光年，使其看起来比视角范围更大，甚至超过月球。巫师星云可以用小型望远镜在埃塞俄比亚国王星座（仙王座）的方向找到。虽然星云可能只持续几百万年，但其中一些正在形成的恒星可能会比我们的太阳更长寿。
明日的图片: jenga
Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating APOD website. We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
由于美国联邦政府资金中断，NASA目前暂停更新APOD网站。对此带来的不便，我们深感抱歉。
英文原文:
Explanation: What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas . Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380 . Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer . The active star forming region spans 100 about light years , making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon . The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia ( Cepheus ). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
