鹰星云的仙女
(原标题: The Fairy of Eagle Nebula)
2022-09-25
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鹰状星云的尘埃雕塑正在蒸发。随着强大的星光逐渐侵蚀这些冰冷的宇宙山脉，剩下的雕像般的柱子可能被想象成神话中的野兽。这里的特色是鹰状星云中几个引人注目的尘埃柱之一，它可能被描述为一个巨大的外星仙女。然而，这个仙女有十光年高，喷出的辐射比普通的火要热得多。更大的鹰状星云M16，实际上是一个由气体和尘埃组成的巨大的蒸发壳，它的内部是一个不断增长的空洞，里面充满了一个壮观的恒星托儿所，目前正在形成一个开放的星团。这个巨大的柱子离我们大约7000光年远，可能会在大约10万年后蒸发掉。这张特色图片是由绕地球轨道运行的哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的，颜色经过科学重新分配。
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The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque pillars that remain might be imagined as mythical beasts. Featured here is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy. This fairy, however, is ten light years tall and spews radiation much hotter than common fire. The greater Eagle Nebula, M16, is actually a giant evaporating shell of gas and dust inside of which is a growing cavity filled with a spectacular stellar nursery currently forming an open cluster of stars. This great pillar, which is about 7,000 light years away, will likely evaporate away in about 100,000 years. The featured image is in scientifically re-assigned colors and was taken by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.