Copyright:
Nicola Bugin
中文翻譯:
在廣大的星空中，有一個叫做Soul Nebula（靈魂星雲）的神秘地方。這裡的黑色塵埃雲被閃亮的氣體邊緣勾勒出來，顯得特別美麗，這個區域被編號為IC 1871。它大約有25光年寬，然而這只是Heart（心臟星雲）和Soul（靈魂星雲）這兩個星雲的一小部分。據估計，它距離我們約有6,500光年，藏身於銀河系的Perseus（仙后臂）之中，從地球上看，正對著天鵝座的星空。這裡是一個新星形成的地方，IC 1871這些密集的星雲雲層，正是被附近年輕的大質量恆星的強烈輻射和風所塑造出來的。這幅圖片採用了哈勃望遠鏡在星雲中常用的色彩，讓整幅畫面看起來更加迷人和夢幻。
原文:
This cosmic close-up looks deep inside the Soul Nebula. The dark and brooding dust clouds outlined by bright ridges of glowing gas are cataloged as IC 1871. About 25 light-years across, the telescopic field of view spans only a small part of the much larger Heart and Soul nebulae. At an estimated distance of 6,500 light-years, the star-forming complex lies within the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way, seen in planet Earth’s skies toward the constellation of the Queen of Aethiopia (Cassiopeia). An example of triggered star formation, the dense star-forming clouds of IC 1871 are themselves sculpted by the intense winds and radiation of the region’s massive young stars. This color image adopts a palette made popular in Hubble images of star-forming regions.
來源:NASA每日圖片
