拉帕尔马天文台上方的银河
(原标题: Milky Way above La Palma Observatory)
2023-07-18
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夜空中发生了什么？为了找到答案，全球的望远镜都将指向太空深处。调查将包括试图了解早期宇宙，寻找和跟踪威胁地球的小行星，寻找可能包含外星生命的行星，以及监测恒星以帮助更好地了解我们的太阳。这张特色合成照片包括4月份在西班牙加那利群岛拉帕尔马岛山顶拍摄的前景和背景照片。图中，来自Roque de los Muchachos天文台的几架望远镜展现在漆黑的夜空前。前景中的望远镜从左到右依次是Magic 1、Galileo、Magic 2、Canarias大望远镜和LST。背景中的天空亮点包括我们银河系的中央带，人马座、蛇夫座和天蝎座，红色的鹰星云和泻湖星云，以及阿拉米星和心宿二星。由于有了这样的天文台，人类在过去100年里对夜空的了解比人类历史上任何时候都要多。
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What's happening in the night sky? To help find out, telescopes all over the globe will be pointing into deep space. Investigations will include trying to understand the early universe, finding and tracking Earth-menacing asteroids, searching for planets that might contain extra-terrestrial life, and monitoring stars to help better understand our Sun. The featured composite includes foreground and background images taken in April from a mountaintop on La Palma island in the Canary Islands of Spain. Pictured, several telescopes from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are shown in front of a dark night sky. Telescopes in the foreground include, left to right, Magic 1, Galileo, Magic 2, Gran Telescopio Canarias, and LST. Sky highlights in the background include the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, the constellations of Sagittarius, Ophiuchus and Scorpius, the red-glowing Eagle and Lagoon Nebulas, and the stars Alrami and Antares. Due to observatories like this, humanity has understood more about our night sky in the past 100 years than ever before in all of human history.
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