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1·Explanation: One of the brightest supernovas in recent years has just been recorded in the nearby Whirlpool galaxy (M51).

解说： 近年来最明亮的超新星之一出现在了临近的旋涡星系（M51）中。

2·The Whirlpool galaxy (M51) by Ken Mackintosh shows the Whirlpool galaxy slowly devouring its smaller neighbour. It won the Best Newcomer award.

肯恩·麦金托什(Ken Mackintosh)《涡状星系》——最佳新人奖(展现了涡状星系缓慢蚕食它的近邻)。

3·In the case of the Whirlpool Galaxy, above, you can see exactly where along its great spiral arms it's presently forming stars, just from this red glow of the hydrogen!

对于漩涡星系，如上图所示，通过氢发出的红色光，你很容易就能区分出旋臂内的恒星形成区。

4·Therefore, sky enthusiasts are encouraged to image the Whirlpool galaxy as often as possible to fill in time gaps left by intermittent observations made by the world's most powerful telescopes.

因此，天文爱好者们都被鼓动了起来，尽可能频繁地拍摄旋涡星系，以此填补世界上最强大的望远镜的间歇性观察当中的时间空隙。

5·The Andromeda galaxy burns like a blazing whirlpool in the most detailed infrared picture yet of our nearest full-size galactic neighbor, released Wednesday.

仙女座星云- - - - - -银河中距离地球最近的星云- - - - - -在大多数精细的远红外线照片中犹如一个燃烧的漩涡，发表于星期三。