Copyright:
Jeffrey Horne
中文翻譯:
在宇宙的深處，有一個叫做Soul Nebula的地方，這裡正孕育出許多可愛的小星星。Soul Nebula就像一個大星星的工廠，它位於天鵝座的方向，根據希臘神話，這個星座代表了一位很愛美的皇后，她的名字叫做Cassiopeia。在Soul Nebula裡，許多星星正聚集在一起，周圍有很多雲朵和神秘的黑色塵埃，還有一些很大的氣泡，這些氣泡是由年輕的、大大的星星吹出來的風形成的。Soul Nebula距離我們約6500光年，大小大約有100光年，經常和它的好朋友Heart Nebula (IC 1805)一起被拍攝。在這個故事裡，我們可以看到一幅美麗的圖片，這幅圖片來自美國田納西州的那什維爾，由234小時不一樣顏色的拍攝組成，紅色代表氫氣，黃色代表硫，而藍色則是氧氣的顏色。讓我們一起探索宇宙的奧秘吧！
原文:
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, whom Greek mythology credits as the vain wife of a King who long ago ruled lands surrounding the upper Nile river. Also known as Westerhout 5 (W5), the Soul Nebula houses several open clusters of stars, ridges and pillars darkened by cosmic dust, and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years and is usually imaged next to its celestial neighbor the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The featured image, taken from near Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a composite of 234 hours of exposures made in different colors: red as emitted by hydrogen gas, yellow as emitted by sulfur, and blue as emitted by oxygen. Explore the Universe: Random APOD Generator
來源:NASA每日圖片
