Messier 66 特寫
Messier 66 Close Up

發表日期:2024-06-13
美麗的大螺旋星系 Messier 66 位於 3500 萬光年之外。這個絢麗的宇宙島直徑約 10 萬光年,大小與銀河系相仿。這幅哈勃太空望遠鏡的特寫檢視跨越了銀河系核心周圍大約 3 萬光年寬的區域。它顯示銀河系的圓盤向我們的視線急劇傾斜。在它明亮的核心周圍,可能有一個超大質量黑洞,遮擋的塵埃通道和年輕的藍色星團沿著螺旋臂席捲而來,點綴著粉紅色恆星形成區的蛛絲馬跡。Messier 66 ,又名NGC 3627 ,是獅子座三胞胎引力相互作用的三個星系中最亮的一個。
原文:Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across, similar in size to the Milky Way. This Hubble Space Telescope close-up view spans a region about 30,000 light-years wide around the galactic core. It shows the galaxy's disk dramatically inclined to our line-of-sight. Surrounding its bright core, the likely home of a supermassive black hole, obscuring dust lanes and young, blue star clusters sweep along spiral arms dotted with the tell-tale glow of pinkish star forming regions. Messier 66, also known as NGC 3627, is the brightest of the three galaxies in the gravitationally interacting Leo Triplet.
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