Copyright:
Terry Hancock
(Down Under Observatory)
原文:
The Great Nebula in Orion, also known as M42, is one of the most famous nebulae in the sky. The star forming region’s glowing gas clouds and hot young stars are on the right in this sharp and colorful image that includes the bluish reflection nebulae NGC 1977 and friends on the left. Located at the edge of an otherwise invisible giant molecular cloud complex, these eye-catching nebulas represent only a small fraction of this galactic neighborhood’s wealth of interstellar material. Within the well-studied stellar nursery, astronomers have also identified what appear to be numerous infant planetary systems. The gorgeous skyscape spans nearly two degrees or about 45 light-years at the Orion Nebula’s estimated distance of 1,500 light-years.
中文翻譯:
🪐🌌 大獵戶座星雲（Orion Nebula, M42）係天空中最著名既星雲之一。呢個星際形成區域嘅發光氣體雲同年輕熱星就位於右邊，而左邊則有藍色反射星雲NGC 1977同埋其他相伴星雲。喺呢個幾乎不可見嘅巨大分子雲複合體邊緣，呢些引人注目嘅星雲只係呢個銀河鄰近區域豐富星際物質中嘅一小部分。在已經研究得相當透徹既星際幼園中，天文學家仲發現咗好多似乎係初生嘅行星系統。全景美麗的天空景象長達將近兩度，或者係喺獵戶星雲距離約1,500光年既距離下約45光年長。
#獵戶座星雲 #馬42 #星際形成 #星雲 #天文學 #太空藝術 #天文攝影 #星星 #星際物質
來源:NASA每日圖片
