Copyright:Rod Prazeres
中文翻譯:
在夜空中，你可以找到激烈的龍戰鬥！這些龍出現在南方的星座阿拉（Ara）中。其實，這些龍是由形狀奇特的氣體和塵埃組成的。在這裡，有一個被稱為NGC 6188的地方，距離我們大約4,000光年，位於一個大型分子雲的邊緣。這裡誕生了許多年輕而巨大的恆星，它們在幾百萬年前就開始影響這裡的景色，並通過恆星風和強烈的紫外線輻射來點亮這片星雲。還有另一個星雲叫做NGC 6164，它也來自這個地區的巨大恆星，顯得非常特別。這幅壯觀的照片是從澳大利亞昆士蘭拍攝的，畫面寬廣達2度，約有四個滿月那麼大！
原文:
Where can you find dragons fighting in the night sky? In the southern constellation of the Altar: Ara. The dragons are, of course, actually made of suggestively shaped gas and dust. The celestial home of the mythological battling beasts is cataloged as NGC 6188 and located about 4,000 light years away near the edge of a large molecular cloud. Massive, young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association were formed there only a few million years ago, sculpting the dark shapes and powering the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. Joining NGC 6188 on this cosmic canvas, visible toward the lower right, is unusual emission nebula NGC 6164, also created by one of the region’s massive stars. This impressively wide field picture, captured from Queensland, Australia, spans over 2 degrees (four full Moons).
來源:NASA每日圖片
