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.


Credit:

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

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso9532a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:20 november 1995
Gerelateerde berichten:eso9532
Grootte:530 x 512 px

Over het object

Naam:Crab Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar
Afstand:6000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Taurus
Categorie:Nebulae
Stars

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Coordinates

Position (RA):5 34 31.02
Position (Dec):22° 1' 1.85"
Field of view:2.52 x 2.43 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 5.5° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Infrarood
Oiii
New Technology Telescope
EMMI