载人7号“星云”

2023年8月31日

The Crew-7 Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley

Explanation: Not the James Webb Space Telescope’s latest view of a distant galactic nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 26. The snapshot was taken about 2 minutes after the launch of of a Falcon 9 rocket on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission, the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for the International Space Station. It captures drifting plumes and exhaust from the separated first and second stage illuminated against the still dark skies. Near the center of the image, within the ragged blueish ring, are two bright points of light. The lower one is the second stage of the rocket carrying 4 humans to space in a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The bright point above is the Falcon 9 first stage booster orienting itself for the trip back to Landing Zone-1 at Cape Canaveral, planet Earth.

Tomorrow’s picture: a great little patch

载人7号“星云”
影像提供与版权: Michael Seeley

说明: 这团出现在8月26日清晨、让太空海岸的观星者看得眼花缭乱的明亮气体和尘埃云，并不是韦伯太空望远镜最新观测到的遥远星系之星云。这幅影像其实摄于太空探险公司载人7号任务的猎鹰9号火箭发射后的2分钟，而载人7号则是该公司发射前往国际太空站的第七次商业机组人员轮换任务。影像记录了第一级和第二级火箭分离喷燃时，被照亮并以依然漆黑的夜空为衬托的烟尘及废气。在影像中心附近的泛蓝环状结构里，可见到二个亮斑。下方的亮斑来自推送4名机组人员及载人龙飞船前往太空的第二级火箭。上方的亮斑则来自猎鹰9号火箭的第一级助推器，它正在调整方向，准备返回地球卡纳维尔角的1号着陆区。

明日的图片: a great little patch