Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6500 light-years from Earth, in the infrared.
Credit:JPL/Caltech
About the Image
Id: | potw1720c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 15 May 2017, 06:00 |
Size: | 5290 x 5290 px |
About the Object
Name: | Crab Nebula |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
Distance: | 6500 light years |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 5 34 32.03 |
Position (Dec): | 22° 0' 54.45" |
Field of view: | 8.83 x 8.83 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.5° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Infrared | Spitzer Space Telescope |