胡格天體近乎完美的環狀星系
Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

發表日期:2024-02-18
這是一個星系還是兩個星系? 1950 年,天文學家阿瑟-霍格(Arthur Hoag)偶然發現了這個不尋常的河外星系天體。 它的外圍是一個由明亮的藍色恆星組成的環,而靠近中心的地方則是一個由紅色恆星組成的球,這些恆星的年齡可能要大得多。 兩者之間是一個幾乎完全漆黑的空隙。 胡格天體是如何形成的,包括其近乎完美的圓形恆星和氣體環,目前仍是未知數。 起源假說包括數十億年前的星系碰撞,以及一個已經消失的中心棒的引力效應。這張照片由哈勃太空望遠鏡拍攝,並使用人工智慧去噪演算法進行了重新處理。 無線電波觀測結果表明,在過去的十億年中,胡格天體並沒有吸積一個較小的星系。 胡格天體的跨度大約為 10 萬光年,位於大約 6 億光年之外的蛇夫座方向。 在右側可以看到許多遙遠的星系,而巧合的是,在大約七點鐘方向的縫隙中可以看到另一個更遙遠的環狀星系。
原文:Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of much redder stars that are likely much older. Between the two is a gap that appears almost completely dark. How Hoag's Object formed, including its nearly perfectly round ring of stars and gas, remains unknown. Genesis hypotheses include a galaxy collision billions of years ago and the gravitational effect of a central bar that has since vanished. The featured photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed using an artificially intelligent de-noising algorithm. Observations in radio waves indicate that Hoag's Object has not accreted a smaller galaxy in the past billion years. Hoag's Object spans about 100,000 light years and lies about 600 million light years away toward the constellation of the Snake (Serpens). Many galaxies far in the distance are visible toward the right, while coincidentally, visible in the gap at about seven o'clock, is another but more distant ring galaxy.
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