Changes in the Inner Crab Nebula

esahubble_opo9622b1 May 30th, 1996

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

Scientists are learning more about how pulsars work by studying a series of Hubble Space Telescope images of the heart of the Crab Nebula. The images, taken over a period of several months, show that the Crab is a far more dynamic object than previously understood.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9622b1/

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 • Crab Pulsar • Messier 1
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star > Pulsar; Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 34m 31.8s; DEC = 22° 1’ 1.4”
Orientation: North is 128.7° CW
Field of View: 0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm

ID: opo9622b1
Subject Category: B.3.1.9.1 B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Crab Nebula, Crab Pulsar, 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/opo9622b1/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 555

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.6323568305, 22.0170468374
Reference Dimension: 753.0, 740.0

Reference Pixel: 376.5, 369.0
Scale: -1.25101313798e-05, 1.25101313798e-05
Rotation: -128.73999999999992
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: opo9622b1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9622b1.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:46:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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