作者：全景再现科技 标题：星团NGC 3293

简介： The star cluster NGC 3293。In this image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile young stars huddle together against a backdrop of clouds of glowing gas and lanes of dust. The star cluster, known as NGC 3293, would have been just a cloud of gas and dust itself about ten million years ago, but as stars began to form it became the bright group we see here. Clusters like this are celestial laboratories that allow astronomers to learn more about how stars evolve. 在这幅由位于智利埃索拉西拉天文台的MPG/ESO 2.2米望远镜上的广角成像仪拍摄的图像中，年轻的恒星在炽热气体云和尘埃带的背景下聚集在一起。被称为NGC 3293的星团在大约一千万年前可能只是一团气体和尘埃，但当恒星开始形成时，它就变成了我们在这里看到的明亮星团。像这样的星团是天体实验室，可以让天文学家更多地了解恒星是如何演化的。