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    The Southern Crab Nebula (or WRAY 16-147 or Hen 2-104) is a nebula in the constellation Centaurus. The nebula is several thousand light years from Earth...
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    The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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  • April 2019, a special celebration image of the Southern Crab Nebula (aka Hen 2-104) was released. This nebula is located in the Constellation Centaurus. List...
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  • the individual articles, where available, for each nebula. Please see the linked article on the nebula for references. Many distances are estimates (denoted...
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    fields. Ant Nebula Barnard's Loop Boomerang Nebula Cat's Eye Nebula Crab Nebula Eagle Nebula Eskimo Nebula Carina Nebula Fox Fur Nebula Helix Nebula Horsehead...
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    The Southern Crab Nebula The Boomerang Nebula NGC 2346 – Also known as the Butterfly Nebula NGC 6302 – The Bug or Butterfly Nebula KjPn 8 Nebula – The...
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    "Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) - NASA Science". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-09. Hester, J. Jeff (2008-09-01). "The Crab Nebula: An Astrophysical Chimera"...
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    explosion appeared in the constellation of Taurus, where it produced the Crab Nebula remnant. At its peak, the luminosity of SN 1054 may have been four times...
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    Nebula is illuminated by R Monocerotis, a young variable star embedded in the nebula; the star's unique interaction with the material in the nebula makes...
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    "Spectacular New Crab Nebula Images Close In On Its Final Secrets". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-12-27. "Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula". NASA/JPL...
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    IC 443 (redirect from Jellyfish nebula)
    Unlike plerion remnants, e.g. the Crab Nebula, the inner X-ray emission is not dominated by the central pulsar wind nebula. It has indeed a thermal origin...
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    than 35 keV (5,600 aJ) cannot reach balloons. On July 21, 1964, the Crab Nebula supernova remnant was discovered to be a hard X-ray (15–60 keV) source...
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    the northeast part of Taurus is Messier 1, more commonly known as the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant containing a pulsar. One of the closest regions...
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    first-magnitude stars. The Southern Cross including the first-magnitude stars Acrux and Mimosa, west of the Carina Nebula (one of five first-magnitude...
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    the crab, and depicted as a crab. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse drew the Crab Nebula in 1848 and noticed its similarity to the animal; the Crab pulsar...
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    found in the Crab Nebula. In the Crab Nebula ArH+ occurs in several spots revealed by emission lines. The strongest place is in the Southern Filament. This...
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    Chinese astronomers. The SN 1054 supernova, which gave birth to the Crab Nebula, was also observed by Chinese and Islamic astronomers. Medieval Islamic...
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    galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further inclusions followed;...
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    Arm contains the Double Cluster and a number of Messier objects: The Crab Nebula (M1) Open Cluster M36 Open Cluster M37 Open Cluster M38 Open Cluster...
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  • Channel Walt Disney Television Animation Traditional Brats of the Lost Nebula 1 13 1998–1999 Kids' WB The Jim Henson Company CGI/Live-action Bratz 2 40...
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    1968 in another Nature article, Pacini wrote that at the center of the Crab nebula would be found a pulsar, which would explain the emission of electromagnetic...
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    G292.0+01.8 (category Nebula stubs)
    from the European presence in the southern hemisphere noting a supernova at this location. Crab Nebula Pulsar wind nebula Murdin, Paul, and David Allen,...
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  • Leona 3, is launched in order to solve the mysteries of the Milky Way Nebula. Nambu leaves the launch site together with the president in a private plane...
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    The Crab Nebula as seen in various wavelengths...
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    record the sighting of a supernova on July 5, 1054 AD.[α]      α.   ^ The Crab Nebula, now a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus, was the result...
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    thermal emission nebulae. Supernova remnants, on the other hand, like the Crab Nebula, are characterized as nonthermal emission (synchrotron radiation). Some...
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  • Rendezvous with Rama (category Nebula Award for Best Novel-winning works)
    of the air and destroys it, stranding him in the southern plain. As he recovers from the crash, a crab-like creature arrives to disassemble the sky-bike...
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    New Southern Hemisphere Observatory," Sky & Telescope 15, 163 (1956). Oort, J. H. & Th. Walraven, "Polarization and Composition of the Crab Nebula," Bull...
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    supernovae, including SN 1054, the remnants of which would form the Crab Nebula. Moreover, the Soochow Astronomical Chart on Chinese planispheres was...
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  • Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) Spitfire (1995) Heatspeeker (1995) Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996) Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) Omega...
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