The central area of the Crab Nebula

Eso_eso9003c_1024

eso_eso9003c February 6th, 1990

Credit: ESO

The Crab Nebula, one of the most famous objects in the northern sky, was observed rather low above the La Silla horizon (altitude) with the NTT. Despite this adverse condition, the picture shows in great detail the complex structure. The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova which exploded in the year 1054.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9003c/

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
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
Eso_eso9003c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 34m 32.0s
DEC = 22° 0’ 52.5”
Orientation
North is 5.7° CCW
Field of View
2.6 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale NTT (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9003c_1280
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ID
eso9003c
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Crab Nebula, Messier 1
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1990-02-06T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9003c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.633178, 22.014573
Reference Dimension
1761.0, 1767.0
Reference Pixel
723.602690973, 830.322157962
Scale
-2.421557e-05, 2.421557e-05
Rotation
5.70963300985
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Zeutschel Omniscan 11
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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9003c
Metadata Date
2009-12-10T22:16:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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