标签: 猎户座

相机镜头里的猎户座升起

2024年1月31日 Camera Orion Rising Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Ślipko Explanation: What does Orion rising look like to a camera? During this time of the year, the famous constellation is visible to the southeast just after sunset. From most Earthly locations, Orion’s familiar star pattern, highlighted by the three-stars-in-a-row belt stars, rises...

肉眼几乎可见的猎户座

2024年1月16日 The Orion You Can Almost See Image Credit & Copyright: Michele Guzzini Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full Orion than you can see — an Orion only revealed with long exposure digital camera imaging and post– processing. Here the ...

猎户座与风暴洋

2023年12月7日 Orion and the Ocean of Storms Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1 Explanation: On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion’s extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Pr...

马头星云

2023年11月20日 The Horsehead Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson & Martin Pugh, SSRO, PROMPT, CTIO, NSF Explanation: Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orio...

猎户座与风暴洋

2022年12月8日 Orion and the Ocean of Storms Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1 Explanation: A camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view on December 5 as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Below one of Orion’s extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Prominent ...

穿过猎户座的狮子流星

2022年11月28日 Leonid Meteors Through Orion Image Credit & Copyright: Luo Hongyang Explanation: Where will the next meteor appear? Even during a meteor shower, it is practically impossible to know. Therefore, a good way to enjoy a meteor shower is to find a place where you can sit comfortably and monitor a great expanse of dark sky. And it may be satisfyin...

七年的哈雷尘埃

2022年10月28日 Seven Years of Halley Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Explanation: History’s first known periodic comet Halley (1P/Halley) returns to the inner Solar System every 75 years or so. The famous comet made its last appearance to the naked-eye in 1986. But dusty debris from Comet Halley can be seen...

猎户座星云之南

2022年1月27日 South of Orion Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas Chander Explanation: South of the large star-forming region known as the Orion Nebula, lies bright blue reflection nebula NGC 1999. At the edge of the Orion molecular cloud complex some 1,500 light-years distant, NGC 1999’s illumination is provided by the embedded variable star V380 Orionis...

从猎户座到南十字

2022年1月18日 From Orion to the Southern Cross Image Credit & Copyright: Lucy Yunxi Hu Explanation: This is a sky filled with glowing icons. On the far left is the familiar constellation of Orion, divided by its iconic three-aligned belt stars and featuring the famous Orion Nebula, both partly encircled by Barnard’s Loop. Just left of center in the f...

马头星云与火焰星云

2021年11月03日 The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas Image Credit & Copyright: Wissam Ayoub Explanation: The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the orange emission nebula at the far right of the featured picture. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies...