The Crab Nebula by Andromeda31

Photography • Space • posted on Apr 02, 2005

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Here's a photo taken with the DSI CCD cam of M1-The Crab Nebula in Taurus. 114 images stacked to achieve more clarity! I thought I'd include some info on 'The Crab', so here it is: Discovered in 1731 by British amateur astronomer John Bevis, the Crab Nebula is the most famous and conspicuous known supernova remnant, a cloud of gas created in the explosion of a star as a supernova. The supernova was noted on July 4, 1054 A.D. by Chinese astronomers, and was about four times brighter than Venus, or about mag -6. The nebula consists of the material ejected in the explosion, which has been spread over a volume approximately 10 light years in diameter, and is still expanding at the very high velocity of about 1,800 km/sec. The core star is a rapidly spinning neutron star, rotating about 30 times per second & emits pulses in virtually every part of the electromagnetic spectrum, from a "hot spot" on its surface. It has more mass than the Sun and the density of an atomic nucleus!

Comments (11)

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Beemer

9:55PM | Sat, 02 April 2005

Spectacular image, very interesting description!

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revcodes

10:08PM | Sat, 02 April 2005

Thank you for the great image and explanation.

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diomedes66

11:45PM | Sat, 02 April 2005

This is a spectacular composition; would love to see the ring nebula too! Well done indeed!

Sylvaine

5:19AM | Sun, 03 April 2005

Thanks for posting and the explanation...what a beautiful explosion, and a hot crab....and your patience for the clarity....great :-)

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jcv2

1:47PM | Sun, 03 April 2005

Wowow, this is deep-space photography! The Crab nebula, wasn't it visible all day? Tell me, how did you do this!? How many times is this magnified? Incredible capture, stunning work!

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chantal-france

3:25PM | Wed, 06 April 2005

a spectacular capture!!! A space dream !! I always have been fascinated by space and afraid by it too :)) I can't explain why :)) Your shot is beautiful!!

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