Copyright:Robert Eder
中文翻譯:
在星空中，有一個神奇的地方叫做NGC 1333！它像一顆明亮的寶石，裡面閃爍著藍色的光芒，這是星星的光在宇宙中的塵埃上反射出來的。這個美麗的地方距離我們大約有1000光年，是一個充滿新星誕生的雲朵。在這裡，有很多年輕的小星星，它們都是不過一百萬年的小寶寶，還有一些紅色的光芒，這是從剛剛出生的星星發出的意外小火花哦！NGC 1333的環境就像我們的太陽四十多億年前剛出生時的樣子，充滿了各種神秘和奇幻的故事。
原文:
NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains hundreds of stars less than a million years old, most still hidden from optical telescopes by the pervasive stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago.
來源:NASA每日圖片
