烟斗星云

2020年8月7日 The Pipe Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Jose Mtanos Explanation: East of Antares, dark markings sprawl through crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard, the obscuring interstellar dust clouds include B59, B72, B77 and B78, seen in against the starry background. Here, their combined shape suggests a pipe stem and bowl, and so the dark nebula’s popular name is the Pipe Nebula. The deep and expansive view covers a full 10 by 10 degree field in the pronounceable constellation Ophiuchus. The Pipe Nebula is part of the Ophiuchus dark cloud complex located at a distance of about 450 light-years. Dense cores of gas and dust within the Pipe Nebula…

2019 June 6 木星和烟斗星云 图片来源及版权：Alain Maury, Jean-Marc Mari 说明：现在，在星系丰富的星场和星云的映衬下，明亮的木星在夜空中闪耀。在这张中央银河系的彩色长焦照片中，木星压倒性的光芒在画面顶部闪耀。该场景横跨天空约20度，LDN 1773黑色的轮廓背对着星场，它们的组合勾勒出一个烟斗的颈和管形状，因此这片黑暗的星云也常被称为烟斗星云。烟斗星云是蛇夫座星云的一部分。蛇夫座星云位于450光年外，致密的气体和尘埃核心正在坍缩形成恒星。6月12日，木星在天空中的正对着太阳，距离地球只有36光分。天文爱好者或许能在天空中木星强光左下方的深色斑纹里看到蛇状星云。 The Planet and the Pipe Image Credit & Copyright: Alain Maury, Jean-Marc Mari Explanation: Now posing against our galaxy’s rich starfields and nebulae, brilliant planet Jupiter shines in the night sky. Its almost overwhelming glow is near the top of the frame in this colorful telephoto portrait of the central Milky Way. Spanning about 20 degrees on the sky, the scene includes the silhouette of LDN 1773 against the starlight, also know by the popular moniker the Pipe Nebula for its apparent outline of stem and bowl. The Pipe Nebula is part of the galaxy’s Ophiuchus dark cloud complex. Located at a distance of about 450 light-years, dense cores of gas and dust within are…