Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
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M1, Attila Banto
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Messier 1

Crab Nebula

Constellation: Taurus

Distance: 6500 ly

Radius: 5.5 ly

Description: It is the remnant of a supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 and and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometres per second (930 mi/s). At the center of the nebula lies the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star 28–30 kilometres (17–19 mi) across with a spin rate of 30.2 times per second,[6] which emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays to radio waves.

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M1, Attila Banto