It's called GW Orionis. And it's freshly formed-only a million years old.
这个星系名为GW Orionis。它是新形成的,只有100万年的历史。
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The stars in any constellation are given Greek letters in order of their brightness, so we have Alpha Orionis, the brightest star in Orion, then Beta, and so on.
任何星座的星星都是用希腊字母排序的,所以我们有猎户座α星(最亮的一颗),然后是β星,等等。
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It's being eroded by a star called Sigma Orionis, off the top of the frame here, and that's also making the gas behind it glow in that sharp ridge.