Copyright:Adam Block,
El Sauce Obs.
中文翻譯:
在遙遠的宇宙中，有兩個神秘的星系正在互相吸引著我們的眼光。上面的星系叫做NGC 3660，它是一個螺旋星系，長得像我們的銀河系，有著幾個明亮的藍色螺旋臂和一條星星、塵埃和氣體構成的中央橫條。在這幅五光十色的深度圖像中，我們還意外地發現了一顆叫做SN 2026cff的超新星，就在中央橫條的右邊。往下看，我們會看到另一個星系，它被非正式地稱為Burçin’s galaxy，但正式名字叫做LEDA 1000714。這個星系的中心是一個古老的橢圓星系，但它奇怪地被兩個星星環包圍著。誰創造了Burçin’s galaxy？這是一個謎，還在不斷的研究中，但可能與一個或多個小星系的吸積有關。
原文:
The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. The galaxy up top is NGC 3660, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy in that it has several bright blue spiral arms and a central bar of stars, dust, and gas. Captured by chance in the featured deep and colorful image, surprisingly, is SN 2026cff, a supernova found just to the right of the central bar. Farther in the distance is the bottom galaxy, known informally as Burçin’s galaxy, but formally cataloged as LEDA 1000714. The center of this galaxy appears to be an old elliptical galaxy, but it is strangely surrounded by not one but two rings of stars. What created Burçin’s galaxy is a mystery and remains a continuing topic of research, but it likely involves the accretion of one or more smaller galaxies.
來源:NASA每日圖片
