Zooming in on the Southern Crab Nebula
This video takes the viewer on a journey into the 29th anniversary image NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Southern Crab Nebula. This peculiar nebula, which exhibits nested hourglass-shaped structures, has been created by the interaction between a pair of stars at its centre. The unequal pair consists of a red giant and a white dwarf. The red giant is shedding its outer layers in the last phase of its life before it too lives out its final years as a white dwarf.
Credit:Hubble, DSS, Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Music: Astral Electronic
About the Video
Id: | heic1907b |
Release date: | 18 April 2019, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1907 |
Duration: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |