飞马座的星空花环
The James Webb Space Telescope spies the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, in this image released on Dec. 21, 2022. This galaxy is very dusty, but Webb’s infrared vision can peer through to observe features like the intense ring of star formation close around its bright center.
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Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans
詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜在2022年12月21日发布的这张照片中探测到了位于飞马座距离地球2.2亿光年的螺旋星系NGC 7469。这个星系尘埃很多,但韦伯的红外望远镜可以透过尘埃观察到明亮中心附近恒星形成的密集环等特征。
影像来源:ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans