Crab Nebula (new image from 1999/2000 data)
This newly processed image comes from data originally captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and 2000. Updated image-processing technology allows for this archival image to be best compared with more recent data, including those captured by Hubble itself. Hubble received a new imaging instrument in 2009, the Wide Field Camera 3.
Credit:NASA, ESA, STScI, W. Blair (JHU). Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
About the Image
| Id: | heic2607b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 March 2026, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2607 |
| Size: | 3864 x 3864 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Crab Nebula |
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| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 34 32.55 |
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| Position (Dec): | 22° 0' 54.81" |
| Field of view: | 6.40 x 6.40 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical O III | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical Strömgren y | 574 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical O I | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical S II | 673 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |