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2023年4月28日 Runaway Star Alpha Camelopardalis Image Credit: André Vilhena Explanation: Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Alpha Camelopardalis has produced this graceful arcing bow wave or bow shock. The massive supergiant star moves at over 60 kilometers per second through space, compressing the interstellar material in its path. At the ce...
2021年9月25日 The Bubble and the Star Cluster Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes Explanation: To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the right with open star cluster M52. The pair would be lopsided on other scales, though. Embedded in a complex of interstellar dust and gas and blown by the winds from a single, massive...