把闪亮的星星挂在最高的枝桠上
This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope in Arizona. Chandra data is represented in red, purple, blue, and white, while optical data is in green and violet.
Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. The stars are seen here as blue and white lights surrounded by swirls of gas—the “pine needles” of the tree—with green representing light in the visible spectrum.
Read more about the “Christmas tree cluster” – and the “cosmic wreath.”
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
这幅关于“圣诞树星团”NGC 2264的新视图于2024年12月17日发布，结合了来自NASA的钱德拉X射线天文台（Chandra X-ray Observatory）的数据和来自亚利桑那州天体摄影师迈克尔·克劳（Michael Clow）望远镜的光学数据。图像中，钱德拉的X射线数据用红色、紫色、蓝色和白色表示，而光学数据则用绿色和紫色表示。
NGC 2264距离地球约2,500光年，是一个由年龄在一百万至五百万年之间的年轻恒星组成的星团。图像中，这些恒星以蓝色和白色光点呈现，周围环绕着气体旋涡，形似“松针”，绿色部分代表可见光谱中的光。
图片来源: X射线: NASA/CXC/SAO；光学: Clow, M.；图像处理: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
