Copyright:Dieter Willasch
原文:
A broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its popular moniker – The Seagull Nebula. This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation Canis Major. Of course, the region includes objects with other catalog designations: notably NGC 2327, a compact, dusty emission region with an embedded massive star that forms the bird’s head (aka the Parrot Nebula, above center). Dominated by the reddish glow of atomic hydrogen, the complex of gas and dust clouds with bright young stars spans over 100 light-years at an estimated 3,800 light-year distance.
中文翻譯:
🕊️ 在宇宙的浩瀚中，有一片閃耀的氣體和塵埃構成了似鳥的面孔，這就是著名的 Seagull Nebula（海鷗星雲）。這幅宇宙鳥的肖像在銀河系的平面上展開，寬度達到 1.6 度，方向指向 Sirius（天狼星），它是獵犬座（Canis Major）中最亮的恆星。這區域還包括其他著名目錄指定的天體，其中最引人注目的是 NGC 2327（NGC 2327），這是一個緊湊的、布滿塵埃的輻射區，裡面嵌入了一顆形成這隻鳥頭部的大質量恆星（也稱為 Parrot Nebula，鸚鵡星雲，位於中央偏上的位置）。這片以原子氫的紅色光輝為主導的氣體和塵埃雲雲，伴隨著明亮的年輕恆星，橫跨超過 100 光年的距離，距離地球約 3,800 光年。🌌✨
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來源:NASA每日圖片
