Crab Nebula. Optical image of the Crab Nebula (M1,NGC 1952). M1 is the remnant of a supernova explosion observed in 1054AD,and consists mainly of hydrogen gas. It is 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. It was named due to its similarity to a crab's claw. Photographed by the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Big Island,Hawaii | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Cuillandre, Jean-Charles / Canada-France- Hawaii Telescope |
Taille de l’image : | 2600 px × 1900 px |
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