太空中的星系
Galaxies in Space

發表日期:2025-03-08
在宇航員唐-佩蒂特(Don Pettit)拍攝的這張太空時代的照片中,銀河系的平面延伸到了地球的邊緣之外。 1 月 29 日,他使用微光和長時設定將相機對準了與國際空間站對接的龍飛船的窗外。當時,軌道前哨站位於太平洋上空約 400 公里處。運動模糊了下方的地球,而低地球軌道上的絢麗景色包括銀河系突出的衛星星系,即畫面左上方附近的大麥哲倫雲和小麥哲倫雲。南方天空的愛好者還可以看到南十字星。著名的南十字星座中最亮的四顆恆星位於照片中心附近,剛剛越過明亮的地平線邊緣,在地球橙色的大氣光暈中閃閃發光。
原文:The plane of our Milky Way galaxy extends beyond the limb of planet Earth in this space age exposure captured by astronaut Don Pettit. His camera, with low light and long duration settings, was pointed out the window of a Dragon crew spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on January 29. The orbital outpost was at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean at the time. Motion blurs the Earth below, while the gorgeous view from low Earth orbit includes the Milky Way's prominent satellite galaxies, known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, near the upper left in the frame. Fans of southern skies can also spot the Southern Cross. The four brightest stars of the famous southern constellation Crux are near picture center, just beyond the edge of the bright horizon and shining through Earth's orange tinted atmospheric glow.
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