A fantastic click of the ‘Crab Nebula,’ captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, was highlighted by NASA in the ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day‘.
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In the image, it is possible to see the Crab Nebula, officially cataloged as M1, in all its splendor thanks to the high-tech infrared cameras of the James Webb, highlighting the brightness, cloud, and fragmented remnants of the explosion of a massive star in 1054.
In its center, there is one of the most incredible objects known to astronomers, the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star spinning an incredible 30 times per second, visible as a bright point.
The Crab Nebula is the first object on the 18th-century list of Charles Messier, composed of celestial objects that are not comets.
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6,500 light-years away lies the Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star. While it is a well-studied target, Webb’s infrared sensitivity and resolution offer new clues into the makeup and origins of this nebula: https://t.co/FAu0qUTM86 pic.twitter.com/deG8wKGTQR
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) October 30, 2023
