The featured image shows the center of the Crab Nebula in colors mapped to Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer space telescopes. The Crab pulsar appears in the center surrounded by a spinning disk. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
特色图片展示了蟹状星云中心的颜色，这些颜色映射自哈勃、钱德拉和斯皮策太空望远镜。蟹状星云脉冲星位于中心，周围环绕着一个旋转的盘面。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
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2023年11月9日 M1: The Crab Nebula Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Tea Temim (Princeton University) Explanation: The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous 18th century list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova
2023年3月20日 M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula Video Credit & Copyright: Detlef Hartmann Explanation: Are your eyes good enough to see the Crab Nebula expand? The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first on Charles Messier’s famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now
2022年10月2日 Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002 Image Credit: F. Schinzel et al. (NRAO, NSF), Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (DRAO), NASA (IRAS); Composition: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba) Explanation: What could shoot out a neutron star like a cannon ball? A supernova. About 10,000 years ago, the s
2022年8月21日 The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula Image Credit: NASA: X-ray: Chandra (CXC), Optical: Hubble (STScI), Infrared: Spitzer (JPL-Caltech) Explanation: At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. Known as the Crab Pulsar, it is the
2022年3月5日 The Multiwavelength Crab Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, G. Dubner (IAFE, CONICET-University of Buenos Aires) et al.; A. Loll et al.; T. Temim et al.; F. Seward et al.; VLA/NRAO/AUI/NSF; Chandra/CXC; Spitzer/JPL-Caltech; XMM-Newton/ESA; Hubble/STScI Explanation: The Crab Nebula i
2022年1月13日 Supernova Remnant Simeis 147 Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Dain Explanation: It’s easy to get lost following the intricate, looping, twisting filaments in this detailed image of supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240 it goes by the popular nickname, t
2021年12月24日 M1: The Crab Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Sherick Explanation: The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier’s famous 18th century list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, debris from t
2021年02月09日 Flashes of the Crab Pulsar Video Credit & Copyright: Martin Fiedler Explanation: It somehow survived an explosion that would surely have destroyed our Sun. Now it is spins 30 times a second and is famous for the its rapid flashes. It is the Crab Pulsar, the rotating neutron star rem
