Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
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The Crab Nebula (M1), Gabriel Cardona
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The Crab Nebula (M1)

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The Crab Nebula (M1), Gabriel Cardona
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The Crab Nebula (M1)

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The Crab Nebula, also known as M1 , is what is left of a supernova explosion recorded by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054. At the center of the Crab Nebula is the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star with a diameter of about 30km which is generally the strongest persistent source of X-ray and gamma ray radiation in the sky.

The Crab Nebula is about 10 light-years in diameter and 6500 light-years from Earth.

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The Crab Nebula (M1), Gabriel Cardona

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