A ranar 24 ga Afrilu ne ake bikin cika shekaru 29 da kaddamar da jirgin Gano STS-31 tare da na'urar hangen nesa ta Hubble a cikin jirgin. A daidai wannan lokacin, Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Amurka (NASA) ta sanya lokacin buga wani hoto mai kayatarwa da aka watsa daga dakin kallo na orbital.
Hoton da aka nuna (duba cikakken hoto na ƙuduri a ƙasa) yana nuna Kudancin Crab Nebula, wanda kuma aka sani da Hen 2-104. Yana da nisa na kimanin shekaru 7000 na haske daga gare mu a cikin ƙungiyar taurari Centaurus.
Kudancin Crab Nebula yana da siffa kamar gilashin sa'a. A tsakiyar ɓangaren wannan tsari akwai taurari biyu - wani giant ja mai tsufa da kuma farin dwarf.
An fara ganin samuwar a cikin 1960s, amma da farko an yi kuskuren zama tauraro na yau da kullun. Daga baya aka gano cewa wannan abu nebula ne.
Bari mu ƙara da cewa, duk da darajan shekarunsa, Hubble ya ci gaba da tattara bayanan kimiyya da watsa kyawawan hotuna na girman sararin samaniya zuwa duniya. Yanzu an shirya gudanar da aikin duba har zuwa akalla 2025.
source: 3dnews.ru