Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6500 light-years from Earth, in the infrared.
Credit:JPL/Caltech
About the Image
| Id: | potw1720c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 May 2017, 06:00 |
| Size: | 5290 x 5290 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Crab Nebula |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
| Distance: | 6500 light years |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 34 32.03 |
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| Position (Dec): | 22° 0' 54.45" |
| Field of view: | 8.83 x 8.83 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.5° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
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| Infrared | Spitzer Space Telescope |