智利望远镜拍摄了蝴蝶星云的新图像,揭示了一颗垂死恒星在25周年时释放的发光气体。 A Chilean telescope captured a new image of the Butterfly Nebula, revealing glowing gas from a dying star, released on its 25th anniversary.

智利的望远镜捕捉到了蝴蝶星云(NGC 6302)令人惊叹的新图像,这是天蝎座距离2500到3800光年的行星星云。 A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new image of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), a planetary nebula 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in Scorpius. 照片由Gemini South望远镜拍摄, 图像揭示了由即将灭亡的恒星的排出物构成的复杂、发光的气体翅膀, 中心是热白色矮星。 Taken by the Gemini South telescope, the image reveals intricate, glowing gas wings formed by a dying star’s expelled material, with a hot white dwarf at the center. 该观察于2025年11月26日由NOIRLab发布,智利学童选定该观察,以纪念国际双子座天文台25周年。 The observation, released by NOIRLab on November 26, 2025, was selected by Chilean schoolchildren to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Gemini Observatory.