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The Crab Nebula

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eso_eso0209f March 13th, 2002

Credit: ESO

The Crab Nebula (Messier 1), as observed by VIMOS. This well-known object is the remnant of a stellar explosion in the year 1054. The image is a composite VRI image obtained on March 4, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 seconds; image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209f/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star > Pulsar; Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 34m 32.0s; DEC = 22° 0’ 51.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 6.9 x 6.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (VIMOS)	Infrared (I)	-
	VLT (VIMOS)	Optical (R)	-
	VLT (VIMOS)	Optical (V)	-

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ID: eso0209f
Subject Category: B.3.1.9.1 B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Crab Nebula, Messier 1
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-03-13T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209f/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: VIMOS, VIMOS, VIMOS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, V
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.633184, 22.014411
Reference Dimension: 2001.0, 1998.0

Reference Pixel: 972.254022284, 962.688011117
Scale: -5.715957e-05, 5.715957e-05
Rotation: 0.03195021403
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Email

Telephone
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: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0209f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0209f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-07T15:30:25+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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