Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the Crab Nebula (ground-based image)
This two-colour image shows 2.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Crab Nebula. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images.
Credit:ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0515d |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 1 December 2005, 10:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1614, heic0515 |
| Size: | 9897 x 9827 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Crab Nebula, Messier 1 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 34 1.57 |
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| Position (Dec): | 21° 58' 39.35" |
| Field of view: | 166.44 x 165.27 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.7° left of vertical |
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