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Zoom of Crab Nebula with Pulsar Ripples and Tornado-like structure, Hermann Klingele

Zoom of Crab Nebula with Pulsar Ripples and Tornado-like structure

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Detail of pulsar region: two stacked images zoomed in, histogram-strechted, and magnified x4, first on 2019-12-10 with full moon (bad S/N ratio), second on 2019-12-20 with good conditions.

Since telescope was removed and re-assembled in between the imaging sessions, the visible structures should not be artifacts:

- tornado-like tube going from up to down, terminating in the red filaments

- funnel-like structure around the tube near the pulsar

- concentric shockwaves as e.g. known from some commonly known time lapse results, hardly visible on 2019-12-10

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Zoom of Crab Nebula with Pulsar Ripples and Tornado-like structure, Hermann Klingele