Pulsar in the Crab Nebula

The Crab Pulsar is located near the centre of the Crab Nebula, i.e. the remnant of the supernova that exploded in AD 1054 in the constellation of Taurus. On this photo, the pulsar is seen as a 16th magnitude object; it is the lower right of the two stars of about equal brightness, near the centre of the field.

The photo was obtained through a narrow optical filtre in the light of doubly ionized oxygen atoms ([O III]) with the ESO 3.5-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) under good seeing conditions.

ESO Press Photo eso9532 accompanies ESO Press Release eso9532. It may be reproduced, if credit is given to the European Southern Observatory.


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This graph accompanies ESO Press Release 16/95 (20 November 1995). It may be reproduced, if credit is given to the European Southern Observatory.

Über das Bild

ID:eso9532a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:20. November 1995
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso9532
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Über das Objekt

Name:Crab Nebula
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar
Entfernung:6000 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Taurus
Kategorie:Nebulae
Stars

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):5 34 31.02
Position (Dec):22° 1' 1.85"
Field of view:2.52 x 2.43 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 5.5° links zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Infrarot
Oiii
New Technology Telescope
EMMI