后发座星系团
2024年3月27日
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Image Credit & Copyright: Joe Hua
Explanation: Almost every object in the featured photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster of Galaxies pictured here is one of the densest clusters known – it contains thousands of galaxies. Each of these galaxies houses billions of stars – just as our own Milky Way Galaxy does. Although nearby when compared to most other clusters, light from the Coma Cluster still takes hundreds of millions of years to reach us. In fact, the Coma Cluster is so big it takes light millions of years just to go from one side to the other. Most galaxies in Coma and other clusters are ellipticals, while most galaxies outside of clusters are spirals. The nature of Coma’s X-ray emission is still being investigated.
Tomorrow’s picture: millions of stars
后发座星系团
影像提供与版权: Joe Hua
说明: 这张主题照片里的每一个天体几乎都是星系。这幅影像里的后发座星系团,拥有数千个成员星系,是现知最致密的星系团之一。影像中的这些星系, 都拥有数以十亿计的恒星,大小和我们的银河系相去不远。虽然和大多数的星系团比起来,后发座星系团算是离我们相当的近,不过光仍然得用上数亿年才能传到我们这里。事实上,后发座星系团是如此庞大,光要从星系团这侧传到另一侧,都得用上数百万年。后发座星系团及其他星系团内的成员,大多是椭圆星系。相较之下,位于星系团之外的星系,则大多是螺旋星系。后发座星系团会发出X射线辐射,然而它的本质为何至今仍是科学探索的题材。
明日的图片: millions of stars
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