2022年9月16日 The Tarantula Zone Image Credit & Copyright: >Processing – Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari Data – Hubble Tarantula Treasury, European Southern Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, Amateur Sources Explanation: The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more t […]
2022年9月7日 Tarantula Stars R136 from Webb Images Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Explanation: Near the center of a nearby star-forming region lies a massive cluster containing some of the largest and hottest stars known. Collectively known as star cluster NGC
2022年3月15日 A Road to the Stars Image Credit: ESO, Petr Horálek (ESO Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava) Explanation: Pictured — a very scenic road to the stars. The road approaches La Silla Observatory in Chile, with the ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope just up ahead. To the left are s
2021年01月10日 Star Cluster R136 Breaks Out Image Credit: NASA, ESA, & F. Paresce (INAF-IASF), R. O’Connell (U. Virginia) et al. Explanation: In the center of nearby star-forming region lies a huge cluster containing some of the largest, hottest, and most massive stars known. These stars, kn
2019 September 5 The Large Cloud of Magellan Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Cipolat Bares Explanation: The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzz
2019 July 12 Magellanic Galaxy NGC 55 Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition – Eric Benson, Processing – Dietmar Hager Explanation: Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the LMC is about 180,000 light-years away and a well-know
