APOD250804 朝向仙女座的蓝色弧线
朝向仙女座的蓝色弧线
图像提供与版权: Deep Sky Collective[1], Polaris Imaging Group, Ogle[2] et al[3].
英文原文:Explanation: What are these gigantic blue arcs near the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)? Discovered in 2022 by amateur astronomers, the faint arcs -- dubbed SDSO 1 -- span nearly the same angular size as M31 itself. At first, their origin was a mystery: are they actually near the Andromeda Galaxy , or alternatively near to our Sun ? Now, after over 550 hours of combined exposure and a collaboration between amateur and professional astronomers has revealed strong evidence for their true nature: SDSO 1 is not intergalactic , but a new class of planetary nebula within our galaxy. Dubbed a Ghost Planetary Nebula (GPN), SDSO 1 is the first recognized member of a new subclass of faded planetary nebulas , along with seven others also recently identified . Shown in blue are extremely faint oxygen emission from the shock waves, while the surrounding red is a hydrogen-emitting trail that indicates the GPN's age. 说明: 这些出现在仙女座星系(M31)附近的巨大蓝色弧形结构是什么? 这些微弱的弧状结构由业余天文学家于2022年发现[4],被命名为SDSO 1[5],其横跨的角大小几乎与M31本身相当。起初,它们的来源是一个谜:这些结构究竟是邻近仙女座星系[6],还是接近我们的太阳[7]?如今,经过总曝光时间超过550小时、业余与专业天文学家之间的合力研究,强而有力的证据显示:SDSO 1 并非银河际结构[8],而是位于我们银河系内的一种新型行星状星云[9]。这类天体被称为幽灵型行星状星云(Ghost Planetary Nebula, GPN)[10],SDSO 1 是首个被确认的此类星云,并且已与另外七个新发现[11]的相似天体一同被分类为一个崭新的子类型—逐渐消退的行星状星云。图像中所见的蓝色部分,为极其微弱的氧原子激发辐射[12]源自冲击波产生;而周围的红色辉光[13]则是氢原子的发射,揭示此GPN的年龄。
明日的图片: complex stellar jumble[14]
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff[15] (MTU[16]) & Jerry Bonnell[17] (UMCP[18])
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[1]https://deepskycollective.com/home
[2]https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15834
[3]https://www.astrobin.com/ns2x09/
[4]https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/acaf7e
[5]https://www.astrobin.com/1d8ivk/
[6]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230117.html
[7]https://www.reddit.com/r/CatsBeingCats/comments/17psiw8/cats_basking_in_a_sun_bath/#lightbox
[8]https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/intergalactic-absorbtion-clouds/
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[11]https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15834
[12]https://www.astronomy.com/science/oxygen-the-color-of-life/
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