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The Crab Nebula

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Left Image

Ths colorful photo shows a ground-based image of the entire Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova explosion witnessed over 900 years ago.

Right Image

This picture shows a Hubble Space Telescope image of the inner parts of the Crab. The pulsar itself is visible as the left of the pair of stars near the center of the frame.

Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA

 

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Long Caption
Press Release
Id:opo9622a
Object:Crab Nebula, M 1, NGC 1952, IRAS 05314+2200, Messier 1
Type:Nebula
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:2809
Height:2061

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