2020年9月4日 The Wizard Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Klinger Explanation: Open star cluster NGC 7380 is still embedded in its natal cloud of interstellar gas and dust popularly known as the Wizard Nebula. Seen on the left, with foreground and background stars along the plane of our Milk […]
2020年9月3日 A Halo for Andromeda Digital Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale and E. Wheatley (STScI) and Z. Levay Explanation: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is the closest large spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Some 2.5 million light-years distant it shines in Earth’s night sky as a small,
2020年9月2日 Jupiter and the Moons Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Fedez Explanation: How many moons do you see? Many people would say one, referring to the Earth’s Moon, prominent on the lower left. But take a closer look at the object on the upper right. That seeming-star is actually the
2020年9月1日 Salt Water Remnants on Ceres Video Credit: Dawn Mission, NASA, JPL-Caltech, UCLA, MPS/DLR/IDA Explanation: Does Ceres have underground pockets of water? Ceres, the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, was thought to be composed of rock and ice. At the same time, Ceres was known to have u
2020年8月31日 SS 433: Binary Star Micro-Quasar Animation Credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab Explanation: SS 433 is one of the most exotic star systems known. Its unremarkable name stems from its inclusion in a catalog of Milky Way stars which emit radiation characteristic of atomic hydrogen. Its r
2020年8月29日 Martian Chiaroscuro Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA Explanation: Deep shadows create dramatic contrasts between light and dark in this high-resolution close-up of the martian surface. Recorded on January 24, 2014 by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbi
2020年8月28日 The Valley of Orion Visualization Credit: NASA, ESA, F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Frattare, M. Robberto, M. Gennaro (STScI) and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Explanation: This exciting and unfamiliar view of the Orion Nebula is a visualization based on astronomical data and
2020年8月27日 Shell Galaxies in Pisces Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh Explanation: This intergalactic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists of th
2020年8月26日 Cygnus Skyscape Image Credit & Copyright: Alistair Symon Explanation: In brush strokes of interstellar dust and glowing hydrogen gas, this beautiful skyscape is painted across the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy near the northern end of the Great Rift and the constellation Cygnus the S
2020年8月25日 Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk Visualization Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Jeremy Schnittman Explanation: What would it look like to circle a black hole? If the black hole was surrounded by a swirling disk of glowing and accreting gas, then the great gravity of t
