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美国东部时间 2026 年 11 月 5 日,NASA 与 ESA 联合发布了哈勃太空望远镜拍摄的最新影像:一团在深空中熠熠生辉的古老星群——球状星团 Messier 30(M30)。这张影像不仅具有极高的视觉冲击力,更被研究团队称为"一堂星系历史课"。它位于摩羯座方向,距离地球约 27,500 光年,是银河系中已知年龄最古老的一类恒星集合体之一。
从"彗星赝品"到星际珍宝:M30 的编目往事
M30 的名字源自 18 世纪法国天文学家夏尔·梅西耶。在那个望远镜口径有限、光学质量粗糙的年代,许多弥散状天体常被误认为彗星。为帮助同行规避这类"假彗星",梅西耶系统性编目了上百个此类天体,M30 便是其中之一。有趣的是,这份原本用于"排除干扰"的清单,最终反而成为现代天文学最重要的深空天体目录之一,M30 也从彗星赝品华丽转身为研究恒星演化的核心样本。
球状星团是宇宙中极为特殊的存在:数十万颗恒星被引力紧密束缚在一个直径仅数十光年的球形空间内,其成员恒星大多诞生于宇宙诞生后不久,年龄普遍超过 100 亿年。对天文学家而言,这类星团相当于银河系的"化石记录",通过对其中恒星的成分、运动与亮度分布进行分析,可以反推银河系形成初期的物理条件与演化路径。
【关键数据】
- 距离地球: 约 27,500 光年
- 所在位置: 摩羯座(Capricornus)方向
- 影像发布时间: 2026 年 11 月 5 日
- 影像来源: NASA/ESA 哈勃太空望远镜
- 研究团队: M. Libralato、G. Piotto、A. Sarajedini 等

老望远镜的新价值:哈勃的科学余晖
值得注意的是,这批观测由 M. Libralato、G. Piotto 与 A. Sarajedini 领衔的团队完成,研究重点正是从星团成员恒星中读取"星系历史"——通过精确测量单颗恒星的颜色与亮度,构建星团的赫罗图,进而推断其年龄、化学丰度与动力学演化。此类工作对空间望远镜的分辨率与测光精度要求极高,而运行已逾 36 年的哈勃依然是这一领域不可替代的工具。
与此同时,NASA 也在为哈勃的"后时代"做布局。公开信息显示,NASA 近期正在探索由商业航天企业为哈勃提供在轨维护服务的可行性,以延长其服役寿命。无论方案最终能否落地,韦布望远镜与未来的罗曼空间望远镜都将承接这份深空观测接力棒。对 M30 这类古老星团的研究,正是多代天文设备持续深耕同一科学命题的缩影:宇宙的过去,写在最古老的星光里,而读懂它的钥匙,握在一台台不断升级的望远镜手中。
出处:M30’s Sparkling Stars
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M30’s Sparkling Stars
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Nov 06, 2026
Image Article
ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Libralato, G. Piotto, A. Sarajedini
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named
Messier 30
(M30) after the French astronomer,
Charles Messier
, who cataloged M30 and other diffuse objects that might be mistaken for comets in the early telescopes of Messier’s time. M30 lies about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus.
Read more about this group of stars and what scientists can learn from it.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Libralato, G. Piotto, A. Sarajedini
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