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A starfield is shown featuring many stars in the center and many pillars of interstellar dust around the edges pointing toward the center. The main image is in infrared light, and a rollover image from Hubble shows the same scene in visible light. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中显示的星空中央有许多恒星，边缘周围有许多指向中心的星际尘埃柱。主图为红外光图像，哈勃望远镜的翻转图像显示了可见光下的同一场景。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
A famous Pleiades star cluster is shown but showing numerous parallel and curved filaments in different colors. The image is in several colors of infrared light. A rollover image shows the cluster in visible light with its familiar blue light. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中显示的是著名的昴宿星团，但呈现出不同颜色的无数平行和弯曲的丝缕状结构。该图像采用多种颜色的红外光。翻转图像显示的是可见光下的昴宿星团，并带有我们熟悉的蓝光。 有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
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A star cluster is shown in and around a gas cloud that looks like an oyster. The rollover image shows the same cluster not only in visible light, but X-ray and infrared too. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中展示了一个位于气体云中的星团，其形状看起来像一只牡蛎。翻转图像不仅在可见光，而且在X射线和红外线中也显示出相同的星团。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
2024年1月29日 The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks Explanation: The well-known Pleiades star cluster is slowly destroying part of a passing cloud of gas and dust. The Pleiades is the brightest open cluster of stars on Earth’s sky and can be seen from almost any northerly location with the unaided eye. Over the past ...
2023年9月1日 The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Image Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier, Jean-François Bax, David Vernet OCA/C2PU Explanation: In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, “This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent.” Of course, M13 is now less modestly re...
2023年7月7日 The Double Cluster in Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Mårten Frosth Explanation: This pretty starfield spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. It holds the famous pair of open star clusters, h and Chi Persei. Also cataloged as NGC 869 (top) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 lig...
2023年4月12日 NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Image Credit & Copyright: Howard Trottier Explanation: The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy along with the galaxy’s pinkish star-forming regions. Also known as M31, the spiral galaxy is a mere 2.5 million light-yea...
2023年2月6日 In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Lyman Insley Explanation: In the heart of the Rosette Nebula lies a bright cluster of stars that lights up the nebula. The stars of NGC 2244 formed from the surrounding gas only a few million years ago. The featured image taken in mid-January using multiple exposures and very specifi...
2022年12月5日 Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Image Credit & Copyright: Blake Estes (iTelescope Siding Spring Obs.) & Christian Sasse Explanation: Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the ...