JWST - Crab Nebula - Messier 1 - NGC 1952 - NIRCam - Magnification and reconstruction via AI.

This is our version, via our artificial intelligence model, of the image provided by JWST about the Crab Nebula (Messier 1, M1, NGC 1952) on June 17, 2024 at 14:00 UTC.

 

Astronomers have mapped the hot dust emission in these supernova remnants. Represented as magenta-colored vaporous material, the dust grains form a cage-like structure, most evident toward the lower left and upper right portions. Also present inside are dust filaments that sometimes coincide with regions of doubly ionized sulfur (sulfur III) that are green in color. The mottled yellow-white filaments, which form large ring-like structures around the center of the supernova remnant, represent areas where dust and doubly ionized sulfur overlap. The cage-like structure of the dust contributes to some, but not all, of the synchrotron spectral emission shown in blue.

 

North is in on the top.

 

The file is available at 135.7 million pixels for download at a resolution of 12500x10856 pixels.

 

Map of wavelengths/colours:

blue for Synchrotron (NIRCam from F480M),

 

Constellation: Taurus.

Object Name: Crab Nebula, M1, NGC 1952

Object Description: Supernova Remnant, Pulsar.

Distance: 6,500 light-years.

Dimensions: about 5.5 arcmin across (about 10 light-years).

Exposure Date: 31 Oct 2022, 24 Feb 2023, 17 Mar 2023

Release Date: June 17, 2024 at 14:00 (UTC).

 

Credits for image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim (Princeton University). Magnification and reconstruction via AI by PipploIMP.

 

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