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Crab Nebula - supernova remnant
The Crab nebula is a supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy. The star that exploded was seen and recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 A.D. They kept such accurate records, that modern day astronomers looked at the location they recorded and found this expanding mass of gas that resulted from the explosion. When the star exploded, it was so bright it was visible for several months in the day time. It now houses a stellar remnant that we believe is a neutron star that is rapidly rotating sending out pulses of radio radiation. We call these objects pulsars. This object is about 6400 light years from Earth. The image was taken on December 22, 2016, but the light left the crab in 4384 B.C. Its current brightness is +8.4 magnitudes, far too faint to be seen without a telescope. This images was taken by Dr. James Webb and Casey Groden with the FIU 24" telescope at the Stocker AstroScience observatory.
Crab Nebula - supernova remnant
The Crab nebula is a supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy. The star that exploded was seen and recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 A.D. They kept such accurate records, that modern day astronomers looked at the location they recorded and found this expanding mass of gas that resulted from the explosion. When the star exploded, it was so bright it was visible for several months in the day time. It now houses a stellar remnant that we believe is a neutron star that is rapidly rotating sending out pulses of radio radiation. We call these objects pulsars. This object is about 6400 light years from Earth. The image was taken on December 22, 2016, but the light left the crab in 4384 B.C. Its current brightness is +8.4 magnitudes, far too faint to be seen without a telescope. This images was taken by Dr. James Webb and Casey Groden with the FIU 24" telescope at the Stocker AstroScience observatory.