The Star Finder Space Telescope Lu Ming knows.

For human civilization in today's era, every space telescope is an important weapon of the country and an extremely important scientific research equipment. Human civilization only has seven space telescopes in total at the moment.

Tens of millions of scientific research teams are relying on the observation data of these seven space telescopes to carry out their own scientific research projects, and greatly promote the understanding of the universe by the entire civilization.

The oldest and most technologically backward space telescope has been scheduled for more than a year.

Compared to its peers, the Star Finder Space Telescope is relatively ordinary. Its caliber is not large, its accuracy is not high, and its technology is not advanced enough to be compared with the latest launch of the Mercury.

At this moment, hearing Lu Qingliang say that it was the discovery of the Star Finder Space Telescope, Lu Ming was a little curious. He looked at the news screenshot and saw that it read: "Sun Yu's team at Lunan University recently discovered a strange high-brightness star. The star is located about 1,000 to 150 billion kilometers from Earth. It is extremely bright, with an absolute magnitude comparable to Jupiter, i.e., if it has the same albedo as Jupiter, it is the size of Jupiter......"

Lu Ming shook his head: "The title party made by the unscrupulous media, right?" ”

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the scientific community. Adhering to the principle of not surprising and endless, some unscrupulous media wantonly exaggerate and distort the words of scientific research workers in order to attract attention. A piece of news about a suspected black hole can be distorted by them to say "scientists have received alien signals from deep space in the universe" and so on.

This piece of news looks like a headline party.

Comparable in size to Jupiter? Even if its albedo is a little higher, ten times smaller than Jupiter's volume, ten times lower than Jupiter's density, and its mass is still far greater than that of Earth, it can be regarded as a real planet. Could it be that after Pluto was kicked out of the ranks of the big planets and the nine planets became the eight planets, it will now become nine planets?

It's a little bit incredible.

Lu Qingliang said in a low voice: "After seeing this news, I contacted Sun Yu's team. They confirmed that the news, although it was a bit exaggerated, was not outrageous. ”

Lu Ming was slightly stunned, and his expression became serious.

"The elemental composition, type, and origin of this star have not yet been determined. At this point, there is only a small amount of data that can be used as a basis for research. Well, Sun Yu's team's scientific research project is to study the early evolution of supernova explosions, and they applied for the observation time of the Star Finder space telescope, which was originally intended to observe a red giant star in the direction of Sirius, and accidentally discovered this strange star.

What they can be sure of at the moment is that the star is not very large, even much smaller than Pluto, but it is bright and bright. Their exact words are that even if a mirror equal to its cross-sectional area is placed at that distance to reflect the sun's rays, it is impossible for us to observe it with such a high brightness. From this, it can be concluded that its light should be emitted by itself, not the reflected sunlight.

There is currently too little data for them to make any further judgments. They have reported their findings and are requesting a new space telescope to make further observations of the star and collect more data. ”

It's not even a headline party? Or rather...... At least not exactly the title party?

Is there really such a star? And it was discovered from the direction of Sirius, where the CSK-9602 galaxy is also located?

Lu Qingliang continued: "This star is too strange, and it was discovered from the direction of the CSK-9602 galaxy, I don't know if it has anything to do with our eucalyptus. ”

Zhang Dingshan and He Wei were a little puzzled. Lu Ming thought for a while and said, "Give me more detailed data." ”

"This is the data I got from Sun Yu's team."

Lu Ming accepted it and looked at it carefully.

He was originally from the Department of Astronomy, and it was not difficult for him to understand the data and analysis at the moment. After reading it carefully, Lu Ming was even more puzzled.

He Wei couldn't help but say, "Alien spaceship? ”

It's small, but it's bright, and the speculation that it's an alien spacecraft makes sense. After all, it is generally understood that only man-made objects can emit such a bright light in such a small volume.

Lu Ming shook his head: "It's not a man-made object." Spectral analysis shows that the electromagnetic radiation energy covers the whole wavelength band and is relatively evenly distributed. This is characteristic of natural stars. If it is an artificial light source, its energy should be relatively concentrated. ”

Just like the electric lamp used for human lighting, the light emitted by it is concentrated in the visible light band. It is weak in the rest of the radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma rays, etc.

"That'...... White dwarf? Neutron star? ”

A typical neutron star has a radius of only a dozen kilometers, but its mass is comparable to that of a sun. They can radiate an astonishing amount of energy to the outside world in a very small size.

These energies are dominated by high-energy electromagnetic waves, i.e., Gamma rays, X-rays, etc. But there are also electromagnetic waves in the rest of the bands, which also cover the whole band.

Lu Ming shook his head again: "It won't be a dense star." The mass of a compact star is too large, even if it is ten times farther away than it is now, enough to affect the pattern of the entire solar system. The mass of this unknown existence must not be too large. ”

Or...... White dwarfs, some fragments of neutron stars? ”

"No, it won't. Or rather, naturally, no. The source of the white dwarf's or neutron star's extremely dense state lies in the gravitational pull of its massive mass. There is no such thing as fragmentation. Once detached from the whole and detached from the constraints of the huge gravitational pull, the debris will immediately explode and turn into cosmic dust in a violent explosion. ”

"What kind of natural astral could that be? Much smaller than Pluto, not too massive, but as bright as Jupiter? ”

He Wei was a little puzzled.

However, He Wei is not the only one who cannot be understood. As Lu Ming, who has more professional knowledge than He Wei, he is even more incomprehensible at this moment.

"I don't know what it is. The researchers in Sun Yu's team didn't know either. Nobody knows. ”

Zhang Dingshan knocked lightly on the table, and waited for several people to calm down before looking at Lu Qingliang: "Do you suspect that this star was caused by that somewhat strange 'ritual' that the monsters held a few days ago?" ”

There was silence in the room. After a long time, Lu Qingliang reluctantly nodded: "There is this kind of suspicion." ”

This conjecture cannot be said not to be surprising. But in the current situation, there is a little bit of rationality inexplicably.

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Lu Ming had been speculating about what the monsters' real plans were before, but there had been no progress. Even if you foil one of their plots, you won't get anything out of it.

Don't...... Their real purpose would be to perform a ritual to summon some unknown existence from the source of this eucalyptus, the CSK-9602 galaxy?

This seems ridiculous. However, people can go crazy and eventually mutate into monsters because they see the star map, and even more ridiculous things have happened, and it seems that the thing of summoning unknown existence through rituals seems to be less ridiculous.

He Wei suddenly remembered something, immediately got up and left, and hurried back in a moment.

She retrieved a hard drive. Plug in your computer, open the file, and a video plays.

This is the scene in the ward where Subject 1 was being held that night when the monsters were besieging the base.

Lu Ming saw that Subject No. 1 was kneeling on the ground, looking at his eyeballs, and howling some incantation loudly in his mouth.

He had an idea in his heart, and immediately stepped forward to start operating on the computer, and at the same time said, "He Wei, take the detailed drawings of our base." ”

"Okay."

He Wei took the detailed drawing data, and Lu Ming had already connected to the star catalog database. After a few moments, he let out a long sigh.

"What did you find?"

Lu Ming muttered: "Look, our base is facing due south and north. According to the drawings, the ward where Subject 1 is being held is slightly five degrees to the west. Using the walls of the ward as a reference, it can be calculated that at the time of the 'sacrifice' of Subject 1, the central axis of the body was 6.7 degrees to the west. The time was around 10:32 p.m., and the CSK-9602 galaxy was located in this direction of the celestial sphere, which happened to be an extension of the central axis of Subject 1's body.

In other words, Subject 1 was aimed at the CSK-9602 galaxy unfolding ceremony. Is this a coincidence? ”

He Wei's body shook, and an incredible look immediately appeared on her face.

Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice: "It is indeed possible that it is just a coincidence. This proves nothing. ”

After all, the roots of these monsters are the CSK-9602 galaxy. It is also possible that the ritual facing the system at this moment is just some kind of worship, and does not necessarily mean that they are summoning something.

Lu Ming thought about it, and finally said, "I'll contact the people in Sun Yu's team first." ”

got the contact information of Sun Yu's team from Lu Qingliang, and Lu Ming directly contacted the other party in the name of the Planetary Security Bureau, and obtained more detailed information, as well as some views of Professor Sun Yu himself.

"My guess is that either the telescope is malfunctioning and the wrong data is observed, such as identifying a supernova explosion in the extreme distance as close or something, or some kind of violent energy release process, uh, which is an explosion."

Lu Ming asked, "However, the data shows that it has existed for a considerable period of time. ”

Its existence runs through the entire observation of the space telescope.

In the microphone, Professor Sun Yu's voice was also a little distressed: "Is it possible that this energy release process is relatively slow?" Actually, I don't know what happened. I applied for another observation, but it needed to be scheduled, and in about six months, the Star Finder space telescope could be pointed in that direction again, and maybe there would be more data at that time. ”

Lu Ming was silent for a moment and said, "Professor Sun, have you made any new discoveries recently?" ”

"Well, I guess there is. We recently analysed some new data, and the data showed that the star is rapidly approaching the inner solar system at a speed of 2,600-4,000 kilometers per second. Ha ha. ”

Professor Sun laughed a little embarrassed and self-deprecating twice before he said, "That's funny, right?" Well, I know it must be something wrong, but now there's not enough data to remeasure its velocity. ”

Lu Ming's expression became even more gloomy.

It is indeed unlikely that there will be a star with such a high velocity under natural circumstances. But at the moment, the situation should not be considered normal.

At a speed of 2,600 kilometers per second, at a distance of 150 billion kilometers, it will probably take less than two years to reach the Earth.

After considering the language, Lu Ming said, "Professor Sun, that's the case. Our Planetary Security Agency is more concerned about this star and hopes to get more information soon. In this way, we will come forward, contact the Mercury space telescope team, cut directly into the queue, and start the next observation of the star within five days. Submit an observation plan as soon as possible. ”

Opposite the microphone, Professor Sun Yu's voice paused, and then his breathing became rapid: "Five...... Five days? ”

Even if you apply for a midstream telescope such as the Star Finder Space Telescope, you will have to wait for at least six months. Now, the latest launch, the state-of-the-art Mercury space telescope, will be available to you in five days?

"Yes, five days. Also, Professor Sun Yu, if your team's scientific research strength is insufficient, you can submit a report to me, and we will coordinate with the Planetary Security Agency who needs support and what supplies are missing. Our requirement is to get as much information about the star as possible. ”

From Lu Ming's solemn words, Professor Sun Yu felt that the Planetary Security Bureau attached great importance to this matter. His voice involuntarily became solemn: "Okay." You can rest assured. ”

Hanging up the phone, Lu Ming looked at Lu Qingliang.

"Contact the Mercury team."

Lu Qingliang hesitated for a moment and did not contact immediately.

"Lu Ming, do you also think that this astral body may have something to do with the monsters?"

"I'm not sure."

Lu Ming rubbed his forehead: "But this star body is really too weird, we have to at least rule it out first." ”

Lu Qingliang hesitated again, and only said after a moment: "I feel that this star body is somewhat similar to a mythical creature called 'Star Color' under the Cthulhu worldview. ”

"Cthulhu again?"

He Wei muttered. Lu Qingliang went on to explain: "Under the Cthulhu worldview, Star Color is a strange mythical creature that roams the starry sky of the universe outside the visible universe. It has bright and strange colors, and can cause organic creatures to go crazy and mutate mentally and physically, and turn life into all kinds of monsters. Well, it usually appears in the form of an interstellar meteorite, but the meteorite is not its body, it is just parasitic on it. ”

"Wandering in the starry sky of the universe?" Lu Ming muttered to himself: "Interstellar meteorite? ”

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ming shook his head, temporarily gave up thinking about Star Color, and said instead: "It's better to contact the Mercury team first and observe it first." ”

"Okay."