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.


Crédit:

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

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso9532a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:20 novembre 1995
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso9532
Taille:530 x 512 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Crab Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar
Distance:6000 années lumière
Constellation:Taurus
Catégorie: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

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Infrarouge
Oiii
New Technology Telescope
EMMI