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Crab Nebula

A supernova remnant produced by a stellar explosion recorded by astronomers in 1054 CE.

Type
Nebula
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
5

NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State Univ. · NASA media (public domain)

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula
Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula · NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Nebular structure profile

A visual story for gas, dust, ionization, star-forming context, and observational imagery.

Deep-sky mapStructure diagramImage provenanceRelated objects
  1. 01

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    HUBBLE imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

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  3. 03

    Locate

    Studied by Hubble Space Telescope.

  4. 04

    Connect

    5 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Nebula
Graph relations
5
Verified sources
2
Image records
4
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Crab Nebulacoordinate fields shown only when available
  • Studied by

    Hubble Space Telescope

  • Observed by

    Chandra X-ray Observatory

  • Depicted in

    The Crab Nebula (M1)

  • Associated with

    The Crab Pulsar

Original SVG diagram

Deep-sky morphology

Galaxy-scale viewBulge / nucleusDisk or stellar haloMorphology comes from observationNebula
Object class
Nebula
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Image records
4
Graph relations
5
Chandra X-ray Obs...Hubble Space Tele...Supernova RemnantThe Crab Nebula (...The Crab PulsarCrab NebulaNebula

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Image provenance

Photography as evidence

4 cleared visual records
Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula

Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula

NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State Univ. · NASA media (public domain)

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)

Crab Nebula

Crab Nebula

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)

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space telescope

Hubble Space Telescope

space telescope

Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a NASA space telescope launched in 1999 that observes the universe in X-ray wavelengths.

scientific image

The Crab Nebula (M1)

The Crab Nebula — the expanding remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054.

neutron star

The Crab Pulsar

The young neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula, formed in the supernova recorded by observers in 1054. It spins about thirty times a second and is the archetypal rotation-powered pulsar, its wind lighting up the surrounding nebula across the spectrum, from radio to gamma rays.

astrophysical object class

Supernova Remnant

The expanding cloud of debris left behind when a star explodes as a supernova, sweeping up and shock-heating the surrounding interstellar medium. Supernova remnants seed the galaxy with heavy elements, accelerate cosmic rays, and — like the Crab — can harbour the neutron star born in the collapse.

nebula

Eagle Nebula

A young open cluster embedded in a star-forming nebula, famous for the 'Pillars of Creation' imaged by Hubble.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
HUBBLE
Observation date
2005-12-01

Gallery

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves seen by the Karl G.

2017

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)

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Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
nebula:crab-nebula
Type
Nebula
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
5
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/nebula:crab-nebula

Scientific quality

Complete
Reviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

6 of 6 applicable dimensions complete

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Complete
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
Complete
Citation coverage
Complete
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

Provenance & sources

review 2026.1

Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate

  • High evidenceconfirmed

    The Crab Nebula (M1) is the remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054 CE and contains a rapidly rotating neutron star, the Crab Pulsar, at its centre.

    Source: NASA Science · Public domain (US Government work)

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Scientific citations

1

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

  • Image archiveCrab Nebula (M1) — HubbleSite / STScI

    Space Telescope Science Institute

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    Space Telescope Science Institute (n.d.). Crab Nebula (M1) — HubbleSite / STScI. Space Telescope Science Institute. https://www.stsci.edu/

@misc{cite:stsci-nebula-crab-nebula,
  title        = {Crab Nebula (M1) — HubbleSite / STScI},
  organization = {Space Telescope Science Institute},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://www.stsci.edu/},
  note         = {STScI imagery and science for Crab Nebula (M1).}
}

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.