Compare the Hubble image of the Crab Nebula's filaments (right) with an Earthbound one (from Palomar):

[M1, 3-color Palomar] [Med-res Filaments Image]

The region photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope may be identified in the Palomar image; it is the region to the upper right from the pulsar near the center. The pulsar can just be identified in the Hubble image.

Credit: Paul Scowen, ASU

  • More info on the Paul Scowen's Palomar image of M1
  • Hubble Views the Crab Nebula M1

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    Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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