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Hubble Snaps a New Dazzling Photo of the Crab Nebula

51 pointsby Brajeshwartoday at 3:26 PM8 commentsview on HN

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mlmonkeytoday at 4:51 PM

For those interested, the raw images are here:

2024: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/crab-nebula-2024/

1999: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/crab-nebula-1999/

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chasiltoday at 5:24 PM

I'm assuming that most people do not know that there is a famous pulsar inside the Crab Nebula that can be seen in the optical range (one of seven such visible stars, if memory serves me).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Pulsar

geo255today at 6:08 PM

"Snaps" isn't quite the right word for photo exposures that are the order of minutes to hours.

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dogscatstreestoday at 5:37 PM

This kid built a custom telescope platform and was able to photograph the Seagull Nebula, Bubble Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Crescent Nebula, Soul Nebula, various galaxies, all from Earth.

https://youtu.be/5A3D06D97jo