SH2-308: 海豚状的恒星气泡

SH2-308: 海豚状的恒星气泡

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2023年3月29日 Sh2-308: A Dolphin Shaped Star Bubble Image Credit & Copyright: Aleix Roig (AstroCatInfo) Explanation: Which star created this bubble? It wasn’t the bright star on the bubble’s right. And it also wasn’t a giant space dolphin. It was the star in the blue nebula’s center, a famously energetic Wolf-Rayet star. Wolf-Rayet stars in general have over 20 times the mass of our Sun and expel fast particle winds that can create iconic looking nebulas. In this case, the resulting star bubble spans over 60 light years, is about 70,000 years old, and happens to look like the head of a dolphin. Named Sh2-308 and dubbed the Dolphin-Head Nebula, the gas ball lies about 5,000 light years away and covers as much sky as the…

夏普利斯308:海豚星云

夏普利斯308:海豚星云

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2020 March 2 Sharpless-308: The Dolphin Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Chilesope 2, Pleaides Astrophotography Team (Peking U.) Explanation: Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is much larger than the dolphin it appears to be. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at its estimated distance. The massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of…