盱眙站和火球
(原标题: Xuyi Station and the Fireball)
2024-12-06
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这颗彩色明亮的条纹火球流星是2020年在紫金山天文台盱眙站拍摄的，当时正值地球一年一度的英仙座流星雨。前景的圆顶放置了中国近地天体观测望远镜（cnoist），这是中国最大的多用途施密特望远镜。该站位于江苏省盱眙县，作为中国紫金山天文台的延伸，于2006年开始运行。在2023年1月9日拍摄的照片中，这颗明亮的彗星被发现，它被命名为“冢山-阿特拉斯”（C/2023 A3），是2024年地球夜空的最爱。这一发现归功于美国宇航局在南非萨瑟兰天文台的ATLAS机器人巡天望远镜。其他与历史悠久的紫金山天文台有关的彗星发现，并以天文台的音译中文名称命名，包括周期彗星60/P Tsuchinshan和62/P Tsuchinshan。
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Colorful and bright, this streaking fireball meteor was captured in a single exposure taken at Purple Mountain (Tsuchinshan) Observatory’s Xuyi Station in 2020, during planet Earth's annual Perseid meteor shower. The dome in the foreground houses the China Near Earth Object Survey Telescope (CNEOST), the largest multi-purpose Schmidt telescope in China. Located in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province, the station began its operation as an extension of China's Purple Mountain Observatory in 2006. Darling of planet Earth's night skies in 2024, the bright comet designated Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was discovered in images taken there on 2023 January 9. The discovery is jointly credited to NASA's ATLAS robotic survey telescope at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. Other comet discoveries associated with the historic Purple Mountain Observatory and bearing the observatory's transliterated Mandarin name include periodic comets 60/P Tsuchinshan and 62/P Tsuchinshan.
© Purple Mountain (Tsuchinshan)