钱德拉和韦伯发现了一个宇宙花环
This new image of star cluster NGC 602, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a previously released image from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb data provide the ring-like outline of the “wreath,” while X-rays from Chandra (red) show young, massive stars that are illuminating the wreath, sending high-energy light into interstellar space.
NGC 602 lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
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Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Infrared: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeilder, E.Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
这张于2024年12月17日发布的NGC 602星团的新图像，结合了NASA钱德拉X射线天文台的数据和该机构的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜先前发布的图像。韦伯的数据提供了“花环”的环状轮廓，而钱德拉的X射线（红色）显示了照亮花环的年轻大质量恒星，向星际空间发射高能光。
NGC 602位于小麦哲伦星云的外围，小麦哲伦星云是距离银河系最近的星系之一，距离地球约20万光年。
影像来源: X射线: NASA/CXC; 红外光: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeilder, E.Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani; 影像处理: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
