The Crab Nebula

esahubble_opo9622a1 May 30th, 1996

Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA

This picture shows a Hubble Space Telescope image of the inner parts of the Crab. The pulsar itself is visible as the left of the pair of stars near the centre of the frame.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9622a1/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 34m 30.0s; DEC = 22° 0’ 57.7”
Orientation: North is 128.9° CW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	550.0 nm

ID: opo9622a1
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Crab Nebula, Messier 1
Credits: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-05-30T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9622a1/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 550

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.624986557, 22.0160356257
Reference Dimension: 1502.0, 1479.0

Reference Pixel: 751.0, 739.5
Scale: -2.76963071707e-05, 2.76963071707e-05
Rotation: -128.88
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9622a1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9622a1.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:46:29+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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