Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2006 April 30
每日天文一图
探索宇宙! 每天发布一张有专业天文学家的简短解释和说明的反映我们迷人宇宙的不同影像或照片。
2006年04月30日(农历二〇〇六年四月初三)
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1006 AD: Supernova in the Sky
公元1006年:天空中的超新星
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
版权及影像提供:Tunc Tezel
Explanation: A new star, likely the brightest supernova in recorded human history, appeared in planet Earth's sky about 1,000 years ago today, in 1006 AD. The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion is still visible to modern astronomers, but what did the supernova look like in 1006? In celebration of the millennial anniversary of SN1006, astronomer Tunc Tezel offers this intriguing suggestion, based on a photograph he took on February 22, 1998 from a site overlooking the Mediterranean south of Antalya, Turkey. On that date, bright Venus and a waning crescent Moon shone in the early morning sky. Adopting calculations which put the supernova's apparent brightness between Venus and the crescent Moon, he digitally superposed an appropriate new star in the picture. He placed the star at the supernova's position in the southerly constellation of Lupus and used the water's reflection of moonlight in the final image.
解释:一颗新星,可能是最明亮的超新星,被载入史册,在公元1006年的今天,出现在大约1000年前的地球的天空中. 从超新星爆炸中扩散的云气残骸仍然能被现代的天文学家观测到.但是,在1006年,超新星是什么样的呢?为了庆祝SN1006的千禧年,天文学Tunc Tezel提供了这一迷人推测:基于一张他在1998年2月从土耳其南部的安达耶尔市观测站往地中海所拍摄的照片.此时,明亮的金星和弦月照耀着凌晨的天空.通过计算超新星的视星星等在金星和眉月之间,他用数字合成的方式在图中加入了这颗新星.他把超新星安置在南方星座天狼座(Lupus)内,最后再加上月光在水面上的倒影。