Peering into the heart of the Crab Nebula

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esahubble_opo0015a June 1st, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. Today, the Crab Nebula is visible at the site of that bright star. Links: NASA Press release Crab nebula: DSS 1 degree, VLT field outlined Crab nebula: VLT field, HST image outlined

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0015a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Crab Nebula Messier 1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 34m 31.1s
DEC = 22° 0’ 50.8”
Orientation
North is 38.2° CW
Field of View
1.6 x 1.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Sii) 673.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Nii) 658.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 547.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Magenta
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0015a
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Crab Nebula, Messier 1
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2000-06-01T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0015a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Magenta, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Sii, Nii, H-alpha, Oiii, V
Central Wavelength
673, 658, 656, 502, 547
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.6297660556, 22.0141196398
Reference Dimension
980.0, 1100.0
Reference Pixel
491.0, 551.0
Scale
-2.76250100292e-05, 2.76250100292e-05
Rotation
-38.220000000000077
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0015a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:12+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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