Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
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Crab Nebula (Narrowband), Peter Hannah
Crab Nebula (Narrowband)
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Crab Nebula (Narrowband), Peter Hannah
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Messier 1, the famous Crab nebula, imaged in narrowband and displayed in the Hubble or SHO palette which maps SII to the Red channel, H-α to the Green and OIII to the Blue.

The position of the pulsar that powers the nebula, a neutron star rotating 30 times per second, can be seen by following the link below.

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Crab Nebula (Narrowband), Peter Hannah