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    The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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    fields. Ant Nebula Barnard's Loop Boomerang Nebula Cat's Eye Nebula Crab Nebula Eagle Nebula Eskimo Nebula Carina Nebula Fox Fur Nebula Helix Nebula Horsehead...
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    The Crab Pulsar (PSR B0531+21 or Baade's Star) is a relatively young neutron star. The star is the central star in the Crab Nebula, a remnant of the supernova...
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    The Southern Crab Nebula (or WRAY 16-147 or Hen 2-104) is a nebula in the constellation Centaurus. The nebula is several thousand light years from Earth...
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    supernova remnant, for example the Crab Nebula, or the nebula within the large Vela Supernova Remnant. As the pulsar wind nebula ages, the supernova remnant...
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  • constellation Crab Nebula, the supernova remnant found in the constellation Taurus Crab Pulsar, the central star in the Crab Nebula Crab (unit), photometrical...
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    SN 1054 (redirect from Crab Supernova)
    as the Crab Nebula. It is located in the sky near the star Zeta Tauri (ζ Tauri). The core of the exploding star formed a pulsar, called the Crab Pulsar...
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    the crab, and depicted as a crab. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse drew the Crab Nebula in 1848 and noticed its similarity to the animal; the Crab Pulsar...
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    Chinese astronomers. The SN 1054 supernova, which gave birth to the Crab Nebula, was also observed by Chinese and Islamic astronomers. Medieval Islamic...
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    observed in February 1987. Other well-known supernova remnants include the Crab Nebula; Tycho, the remnant of SN 1572, named after Tycho Brahe who recorded...
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    defined as the intensity of the Crab Nebula at the corresponding X-ray photon energy. The Crab Nebula, and the Crab Pulsar within it, is an intense space...
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    "Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) - NASA Science". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-09. Hester, J. Jeff (2008-09-01). "The Crab Nebula: An Astrophysical Chimera"...
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  • Lagoon Nebula". European Space Agency. Retrieved 2018-05-11. "Hubble Celebrates 29th Anniversary with the Southern Crab Nebula". 18 April 2019. "The Crab of...
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    {\displaystyle P\approx 33}  ms of the Crab Nebula pulsar using Arecibo Observatory. The discovery of the Crab pulsar provided confirmation of the rotating...
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    M.; Bühler, R.; Büsching, I. (1 October 2006). "Observations of the Crab nebula with HESS". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 457 (3): 899–915. arXiv:astro-ph/0607333...
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    explosion appeared in the constellation of Taurus, where it produced the Crab Nebula remnant. At its peak, the luminosity of SN 1054 may have been four times...
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    the northeast part of Taurus is Messier 1, more commonly known as the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant containing a pulsar. One of the closest regions...
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    plerions, of which the Crab nebula and its associated pulsar are archetypal. Pulsed emission gamma-ray radiation from the Crab has recently been observed...
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    source of high radio brightness temperature in the Crab Nebula". This source turned out to be the Crab Pulsar that resulted from the great supernova of...
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    instability structure is evident in the Crab Nebula, in which the expanding pulsar wind nebula powered by the Crab pulsar is sweeping up ejected material...
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    galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further inclusions followed;...
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    Egypt and Europe. The widely observed supernova SN 1054 produced the Crab Nebula. Supernovae SN 1572 and SN 1604, the latest Milky Way supernovae to be...
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    complex index of refraction. This effect was observed for light from the Crab Nebula by Martin, Illing and Angel. An optically thick circumstellar environment...
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  • intergalactic medium: 1848 — Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula. The telescope is much larger than the small refactors typical of this...
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  • to potassium. 36Ar, in the form of argon hydride, was detected in the Crab Nebula supernova remnant during 2013. This was the first time a noble molecule...
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  • 1054 – Astronomers in Asia and the Middle East observe SN 1054, the Crab Nebula supernova explosion. 1181 – Chinese astronomers observe the SN 1181 supernova...
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    than 35 keV (5,600 aJ) cannot reach balloons. On July 21, 1964, the Crab Nebula supernova remnant was discovered to be a hard X-ray (15–60 keV) source...
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    Bibcode:1965ApJ...141..251D. doi:10.1086/148107. "Hubble views the Crab Nebula M1: The Crab Nebula Filaments". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved...
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    1103/RevModPhys.47.877. Motions and structure of the filamentary envelope of the Crab Nebula (Thesis). Virginia Trimble; Thomas R. Williams; Katherine Bracher; Richard...
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    term is also used to describe the shape of some nebulae such as the Crab Nebula. Fresnel zones, used to analyze wave propagation and interference in...
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