Ngomhla wama-24 ku-Epreli uphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-29 yokuqaliswa kwe-Discovery shuttle STS-31 kunye ne-Hubble Space Telescope ebhodini. Ukuhambelana nalo mhla, i-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) yabeka ixesha lokupapashwa komnye umfanekiso obalaseleyo ogqithiswe kwi-orbital observatory.
Umfanekiso obonakalisiweyo (jonga umfanekiso opheleleyo ongezantsi) ubonisa iNebula yaseMazantsi eCrab, eyaziwa ngokuba yiHen 2-104. Ime kumgama omalunga ne-7000 yeminyaka yokukhanya ukusuka kuthi kwi-constellation Centaurus.
I-Southern Crab Nebula imile okwe hourglass. Embindini wesi sakhiwo kukho iinkwenkwezi ezimbini - isigebenga esibomvu esigugayo kunye nesincinci esimhlophe.
Ukwakheka kwaqala ukubonwa ngeminyaka yoo-1960, kodwa ekuqaleni kwaphazama yinkwenkwezi eqhelekileyo. Kamva kwafunyaniswa ukuba le nto yayiyi-nebula.
Makhe songeze ukuba, ngaphandle kweminyaka ehloniphekileyo, uHubble uyaqhubeka nokuqokelela idatha yesayensi kunye nokuhambisa imifanekiso emihle yobukhulu beNdawo yonke emhlabeni. Ngoku kucwangciswe ukusebenzisa indawo yokuqwalasela kude kube ngu-2025 ubuncinane.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru