Copyright:Cristiano Gualco
中文翻譯:
在遙遠的星際空間裡，有一片神秘的雲彩，叫做Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251，也被人稱為「腐爛的魚星雲」。它距離我們大約1,000光年，漂浮在銀河系的平面上方。這片布滿灰塵的分子雲，是在天鵝座中一個叫做Cepheus的發光區域的一部分。科學家用望遠鏡觀察這裡時，發現了許多新出生的星星，還看到了因為這些星星的誕生而產生的強烈能量和光芒，特別是一些火紅的Herbig-Haro物體藏在雲中，散發出迷人的光輝。在這片美麗的圖像中，我們隱約可以看到遙遠的星系，就像在灰塵中隱藏的小寶藏。這幅震撼的天文畫面幾乎有三個滿月這麼大，對應在LDN 1251的距離上，實際上有超過25光年的距離哦！
原文:
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as “The Rotten Fish Nebula.” The dusty molecular cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped toward the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical explorations of the obscuring interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including the telltale reddish glow from scattered Herbig-Haro objects hiding in the image. Distant background galaxies also lurk in the scene, almost buried behind the dusty expanse. This alluring telescopic frame spans almost three full moons on the sky. That corresponds to over 25 light-years at the estimated distance of LDN 1251.
來源:NASA每日圖片
