标签: 哈勃

哈勃影像: 蝌蚪星系

A spiral galaxy is shown on the upper left with a really long tail of stars and blue-glowing gas trailing to the lower left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
左上方是一个螺旋星系,它有一条由恒星和蓝色发光气体组成的长尾,延伸至左下角。有关更多详细信息,请参阅说明。

霍格天体: 近乎完美的环状星系

2024年2月18日 Hoag’s Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ba...

哈勃影像: 锥状星云

2024年2月4日 The Cone Nebula from Hubble Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA – Processing & Licence: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Stars are forming in the gigantic dust pillar called the Cone Nebula. Cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes abound in stellar nurseries where natal clouds of gas and dust are buffeted by energetic winds from n...

Arp 87: 哈勃拍摄的合并中星系对

2023年10月24日 Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Harshwardhan Pathak Explanation: This dance is to the death. As these two large galaxies duel, a cosmic bridge of stars, gas, and dust currently stretches over 75,000 light-years and joins them. The bridge itself is strong evidence that these two immense star system...

哈勃望远镜观测了波江座的迷人星系

NGC 685占据了舞台的中心位置,在墨黑的背景上闪烁着微弱的恒星。这个星系显然是一个棒旋星系,它有明亮的中心棒和斑驳弯曲的旋臂。它距离我们大约5,800万光年,位于波江座。NGC 685位于天赤道以南,在一年中的某些时候从南半球可以看到。

哈勃发现宇宙

2023年10月6日 Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe Image Credit & Copyright: Courtesy Carnegie Institution for Science Explanation: How big is our universe? This question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers in 1920 in what has since become known as astronomy’s Great Debate. Many astronomers then believed that our Milky Way Galaxy was...

哈勃图像: 球状星团NGC 6355

2023年1月30日 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Over the eons, many globular clusters w...

碰撞螺旋星系Arp 274

2023年1月23日 The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç Explanation: Two galaxies are squaring off in Virgo and here are the latest pictures. When two galaxies collide, the stars that compose them usually do not. This is because galaxies are mostly empty space and, however bright,...