来自韦伯太空望远镜的Carina Cliffs
(原标题: Carina Cliffs from the Webb Space Telescope)
2022-09-05
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星星造就了这些悬崖。具体来说，疏散星团NGC 3324中恒星的破坏性风和高能光侵蚀了船底座星云北部黑暗星际尘埃的一部分。在这张由詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜拍摄的非常详细的图像的顶部，可以看到其中的几颗恒星，詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜是有史以来最大的天文望远镜。韦伯的大镜子和穿透尘埃的红外光的能力使它能够捕捉到尘埃中迷人的细节，数百颗以前隐藏的恒星，甚至一些遥远的星系。这些锯齿状的悬崖位于船底座的一部分，被称为加布里埃拉·米斯特拉尔星云——因为从另一个方向看，它们看起来与智利著名诗人的面部轮廓相似。这些星云悬崖位于船底座南部约7600光年远的地方。天体物理学家：浏览天体物理学源代码库中的2800多个代码
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Stars created these cliffs. Specifically, the destructive winds and energetic light from the stars in the open cluster NGC 3324 eroded away part of a mountain of dark interstellar dust in the northern part of the Carina Nebula. Several of these stars are visible toward the top of this highly detailed image taken recently by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest astronomical telescope ever launched. Webb's large mirror and ability to see dust-piercing infrared light has enabled it to capture fascinating details in the dust, hundreds of previously hidden stars, and even some galaxies far in the distance. The featured jagged cliffs occur in part of Carina known as the Gabriela Mistral Nebula -- because when viewed in another orientation, they appear similar to the facial profile of the famous Chilean poet. These nebular cliffs occur about 7,600 light years away toward the southern constellation of Carina. Astrophysicists: Browse 2,800+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library