APOD250913 一英里电波望远镜上空的星轨
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图像提供 & 版权[1]: Joao Yordanov Serralheiro[2]
英文原文:Explanation: The steerable 60 foot diameter dish antenna of the One-Mile Telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory , Cambridge, UK, is pointing skyward in this evocative night-skyscape. To capture the dramatic scene, consecutive 30 second exposures were recorded over a period of 90 minutes. Combined, the exposures also reveal gracefully arcing trails that reflect planet Earth's daily rotation on its axis . The North Celestial Pole , the extension of Earth's axis of rotation into space, points near Polaris, the North Star . That's the bright star that creates the short trail near the center of the concentric arcs . But the historic One-Mile Telescope array also relied on planet Earth's rotation to operate. Exploring the universe at radio wavelengths , it was the first radio telescope to use Earth-rotation aperture synthesis. That technique uses the rotation of the Earth to change the relative orientation of the telescope array and celestial radio sources to create radio maps of the sky at a resolution better than that of the human eye. 说明: 在这幅令人回味的夜空图像中,英国剑桥的穆拉德电波天文台[3]中,一英里望远镜的 60 英尺可操纵碟形天线正指向繁星满天的夜空[4]。 为了捕捉这一戏剧性的景象,摄影师在 90 分钟内连续拍摄了多张 30 秒曝光的图像,并加以合成。这些长曝光的叠加轨迹优雅地呈现出地球每日自转[5]的证据——一圈圈环绕天空的弧形星轨。 北天极[6]是地球自转轴在宇宙中的延伸方向,指向北极星[7]所在的区域。这颗明亮的恒星,在星轨图中位于同心圆弧[8]的中心附近,画出短短的一道光痕,静静见证着地球的旋转。 不过,这座历史悠久的「一英里望远镜」数组[9]不仅观测星空,更「善用」地球的自转。它在电波波长[10]下探索宇宙,是世界上第一座运用「地球自转孔径合成」技术的电波望远镜。 这项创新技术[11]利用地球自转,让望远镜数组在观测过程中不断改变与天体电波源之间的相对角度,从而合成出分辨率远超人眼所见的天空电波图像[12]。
明日的图片: tilts and spins[13]
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff[14] (MTU[15]) & Jerry Bonnell[16] (UMCP[17])
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