Copyright:
Kavan Chay;
Text:
Ogetay Kayali
(Michigan Tech U.)
中文翻譯:
你有沒有見過在大山之間的星星呢？在紐西蘭的奧塔哥，一位天文愛好者在2024年6月拍下了一幅美麗的照片，這張照片裡，我們的銀河系核心就像一顆亮亮的珍珠，正好在兩根好像巨人立起的石頭之間出現！裡面有4000億顆星星哦！在北半球的觀察者只能在夏天的時候看到這個神奇的景象。當地球繞著太陽轉，銀河系的不同部分會在晚上不一樣的時候以不一樣的角度出現。你知道嗎？隨著時間的推移，銀河系在天空中的方向也會變。不僅有時候就像這張照片一樣直立，有時候卻會斜著躺在地平線上，這時候就更難看到了。在6月的早期，當太陽下山後，觀察者可以看到銀河系慢慢升起，然後像弓一樣向上拱起，展現出它的華麗。這真是一個星星的魔法時刻！
原文:
Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks? No. Capturing this stunning alignment took careful planning: being in the right place at the right time. In the featured image taken in June 2024 from Otago, New Zealand, the bright central core of our Milky Way Galaxy, home to the many of our Galaxy’s 400 billion stars, can be seen between two picturesque rocks spires. For observers in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere, the core is only visible throughout the summer. As Earth orbits the Sun, different parts of the Milky Way become visible at different angles at different times of the night. As Earth rotates, the orientation of the Milky Way in the sky also shifts — sometimes standing vertically as seen in the featured image, and other times stretching parallel to the horizon, making it harder to see. In early June, observers can watch it emerge low on the horizon after sunset and gradually arc upward to reveal its full grandeur.
來源:NASA每日圖片
