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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.
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Space Telescope Science Institute (n.d.). Crab Nebula (M1) — HubbleSite / STScI. Space Telescope Science Institute. https://www.stsci.edu/
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title = {Crab Nebula (M1) — HubbleSite / STScI},
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year = {n.d.},
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note = {STScI imagery and science for Crab Nebula (M1).}
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a NASA space telescope launched in 1999 that observes the universe in X-ray wavelengths.
The Crab Nebula — the expanding remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054.
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.
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.
H II region in Dorado, magnitude 7.25.
Reflection nebula in Taurus.
Planetary nebula in Cygnus, magnitude 9.44.
Planetary nebula in Delphinus, magnitude 11.1.
Planetary nebula in Centaurus, magnitude 8.1.
Planetary nebula in Cepheus, magnitude 11.89.
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