2023年8月27日 Three Galaxies and a Comet Credit & Copyright: Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology) Explanation: Diffuse starlight and dark nebulae along the southern Milky Way arc over the horizon and sprawl diagonally through this gorgeous nightscape. The breath-taking mosaic spans
2023年2月11日 Magellanic Clouds over Chile Image Credit & Copyright: Felipe Mac Auliffe López Explanation: The two prominent clouds in this Chilean Atacama Desert skyscape captured on January 21 actually lie beyond our Milky Way galaxy. Known as the Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds they are s
2021年01月05日 The Small Cloud of Magellan Image Credit & Copyright: José Mtanous Explanation: What is the Small Magellanic Cloud? It has turned out to be a galaxy. People who have wondered about this little fuzzy patch in the southern sky included Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his c
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 January 11 NGC 602 and Beyond Image Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al; Optical: Hubble: NASA/STScI; Infrared: Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech Explanation: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 mi
