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We Capture the Crab Nebula
Exhibit display board from the Gavin Middle School, featuring MicroObservatory and NASA images of an exploded star.
MicroObservatory (upper right): sees gas that used to part of the massive star
The Hubble Space Telescope (left): sees more details in the glowing gas of the nebula
The Chandra X-ray Telescope (lower right): sees the spinning pulsar at the heart of the nebula
We Capture the Crab Nebula
Exhibit display board from the Gavin Middle School, featuring MicroObservatory and NASA images of an exploded star.
MicroObservatory (upper right): sees gas that used to part of the massive star
The Hubble Space Telescope (left): sees more details in the glowing gas of the nebula
The Chandra X-ray Telescope (lower right): sees the spinning pulsar at the heart of the nebula