NGC 6072 :來自韋伯望遠鏡的複雜行星狀星雲
NGC 6072: A Complex Planetary Nebula from Webb

發表日期:2025-08-05
這個星雲為何如此複雜?韋伯太空望遠鏡(Webb Space Telescope)對一個星雲進行了詳細的成像,這個星雲被認為是由一顆類太陽恆星產生的。NGC 6072 被解析成了行星狀星雲中一個更不尋常、更復雜的例子。這張照片是紅外影像,紅色突出了冷氫氣。對 NGC 6072 先前影像的研究表明,在雜亂無章的氣體中可能存在幾個外流和兩個圓盤,而新的 Webb 影像則解析出了新的特徵,可能包括中央左側突出的一個圓盤邊緣。 一個主要的起源假說認為,星雲的複雜性是由中心附近多恆星系統中一顆恆星的多次爆發造成或增強的。
原文:Why is this nebula so complex? The Webb Space Telescope has imaged a nebula in great detail that is thought to have emerged from a Sun-like star. NGC 6072 has been resolved into one of the more unusual and complex examples of planetary nebula. The featured image is in infrared light with the red color highlighting cool hydrogen gas. Study of previous images of NGC 6072 indicated several likely outflows and two disks inside the jumbled gas, while the new Webb image resolves new features likely including one disk's edge protruding on the central left. A leading origin hypothesis holds that the nebula's complexity is caused or enhanced by multiple outbursts from a star in a multi-star system near the center.
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