Umhla zingama-24 kuMbasa uphawula iminyaka engama-29 kwethulwa i-Discovery shuttle i-STS-31 ne-Hubble Space Telescope egibeleni. Ukuze iqondane nalolu suku, i-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ibeke isikhathi sokushicilelwa kwesinye isithombe esihle esisakazwa sisuka ku-orbital observatory.
Isithombe esifakiwe (bheka isithombe esiphelele ngezansi) sibonisa i-Southern Crab Nebula, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Hen 2-104. Itholakala ebangeni elingaba yiminyaka engu-7000 yokukhanya ukusuka kithi emlaza iCentaurus.
I-Southern Crab Nebula imise okwengilazi yehora. Engxenyeni emaphakathi yalesi sakhiwo kunezinkanyezi ezimbili - umdondoshiya obomvu oguga kanye nomnyama omhlophe.
Ukwakheka kwaqala ukubonwa ngawo-1960, kodwa ekuqaleni kwathathwa ngephutha njengenkanyezi evamile. Kamuva kwatholakala ukuthi le nto iyi-nebula.
Masingeze ngokuthi, naphezu kweminyaka yayo ehloniphekile, i-Hubble iyaqhubeka nokuqoqa idatha yesayensi futhi idlulisele izithombe ezinhle zobukhulu boMkhathi eMhlabeni. Manje sekuhlelelwe ukusebenzisa indawo yokubuka kuze kube okungenani i-2025.
Source: 3dnews.ru