The Filaments of the Crab Nebula M1

Compare the Hubble image of the Crab Nebula’s filaments (right) with an Earthbound one

(from Palomar):

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

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

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  Last Modification: 29 Mar 1998 16:00 MET