Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  LBN 833  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952  ·  Sh2-244
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M1 * Crab Nebula, Johannes Teupen
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M1 * Crab Nebula

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M1 * Crab Nebula

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Profile of M1:
Constellation: Taurus

Diameter: 11 light years

Distance: 6300 ly

Supernova remnant of a star explosion observed by the Chinese on July 4, 1054
The former star has transformed into a pulsar that rotates on its axis 30 times a second. The shed filaments, which consist mainly of ionized helium (red) and hydrogen (blue), have temperatures between 11,000 and 18,000 K

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M1 * Crab Nebula, Johannes Teupen