2021年04月17日 Inside the Flame Nebula Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, IPAC Infrared Science Archive – Processing: Amal Biju Explanation: The Flame Nebula is a stand out in optical images of the dusty, crowded star forming regions toward Orion’s belt and the easternmost belt star Alnitak, […]
2021年01月16日 The Mountains of NGC 2174 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Explanation: This fantastic skyscape lies near the edge of NGC 2174 a star forming region about 6,400 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation of Orion. It follows mountainous clouds of gas and
2020年12月06日 M16: Pillars of Star Creation Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope, J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU) Explanation: These dark pillars may look destructive, but they are creating stars. This pillar-capturing image of the inside of the Eagle Nebula, taken with the Hubble Space Telescop
2020年12月01日 NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC Image Credit & License: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Are stars still forming in the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies? Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud’s (SMC’s) clusters and nebulas, NGC 346 i
2020年11月28日 NGC 6822: Barnard’s Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: Data – Martin Pugh, Processing – Mark Hanson Explanation: Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small ga
2020年11月10日 The Central Soul Nebula Without Stars Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Guenzel Explanation: This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula. The dark and brooding dust clouds near the top, outlined by bright ridges of glowing gas, are cataloged as IC 1871. About 25 light-years
2020年11月01日 In the Center of the Trifid Nebula Image Credit: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Hubble Space Telescope, Martin Pugh; Processing: Robert Gendler Explanation: What’s happening at the center of the Trifid Nebula? Three prominent dust lanes that give the Trifid its name all come together. Mo
2020年10月28日 NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Mohr Explanation: Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. Cataloged as NGC 6357, the Lobster Nebula houses the open star cluster Pismis 24 near its center — a home
2020年10月4日 Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Image Credit & Copyright: César Blanco González Explanation: Few astronomical sights excite the imagination like the nearby stellar nursery known as the Orion Nebula. The Nebula’s glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of
2020年8月7日 The Pipe Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Mtanos Explanation: East of Antares, dark markings sprawl through crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard, the obscuring interstellar dust clouds inclu
