极大望远镜与银河
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三个星系与一颗彗星
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 a wide 100 degrees, with the rugged terrain of the Patagoni...
智利上空的大与小麦哲伦星系
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 so named for the 16th century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand M...
小麦哲伦星系
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 crew, who had plenty of time to study the unfamiliar night sk...
星系与南天极
2021年01月01日 Galaxies and the South Celestial Pole Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek, Josef Kujal Explanation: The South Celestial Pole is easy to spot in star trail images of the southern sky. The extension of Earth’s axis of rotation to the south, it’s at the center of all the southern star trail arcs. In this starry panorama streching...
NGC 346：小麦哲伦星系内的恒星形成区
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 is a star forming region about 200 light-years across, pictur...
NGC 602及后方的天体
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 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal g...