Copyright:Marcelo Salemme
中文翻譯:
在遙遠的星空中，有一群像山峰一樣的雲彩，正在形成閃亮的恆星！這些雲彩圍繞在南方的星座Puppis和Vela附近，裡面充滿了神秘的氣體和塵埃。它們距離地球大約1300光年，所以我們看到的星光是經過很久才到達我們的！在熱情的年輕恆星發出的能量紫外光下，這些雲彩被塑造成了奇特的形狀，亮亮的邊緣就像許多小星星的邊框。這些雲場還在向Vela超新星殘骸流動，這或許讓它們的形狀看起來好像在後退。雲彩裡面冷冷的氣體和塵埃正在慢慢聚集，準備打造一些小小的恆星。這些小恆星出現後，雲彩將會逐漸消散！事實上，雲彩CG 30（在畫面的右上方）裡面還有一點紅紅的光，這可是小恆星正在形成時發出的神秘能量噴射哦！
原文:
They’re like mountain peaks, but they are forming stars. Bright-rimmed, flowing shapes gather near the center of this rich starfield toward the borders of the nautical southern constellations Puppis and Vela. Composed of interstellar gas and dust, the grouping of light-year sized cometary globules is about 1300 light-years distant. Energetic ultraviolet light from nearby hot stars has molded the globules and ionized their bright rims. The globules also stream away from the Vela supernova remnant which may have influenced their swept-back shapes. Within them, cores of cold gas and dust are likely collapsing to form low mass stars whose formation will ultimately cause the globules to disperse. In fact, cometary globule CG 30 (upper right in the group) sports a small reddish glow inside its head, a telltale sign of energetic jets from a star in the early stages of formation.
來源:NASA每日圖片
