Nebula 074 / 100
Crab Nebula
NGC1952
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At a glance
- Type
- Supernova remnant
- Constellation
- Tau
- Right ascension
- 5h 34m 31.9s
- Declination
- +22° 01′
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.4
- Angular size
- 8x4′
- Catalogue
- NGC1952
Located in Taurus.
The outline on your card
A tangled network of synchrotron filaments surrounds a pulsar, expanding from the 1054 supernova.
- Outline class
- Filament
- Axis ratio
- 0.50 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Filaments · Knots · Jets
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