Crab nebula. Composite x-ray,infrared and optical image of the Crab nebula (M1),a remnant of a supernova that exploded in AD 1054. The Crab lies in the constellation Taurus,some 6000 light years from Earth. The central light blue region is ultra high energy X-ray emission,dark blue and green regions are in visible light and the red regions are low-energy infrared emission. X-ray data from Chandra,visible light data from Hubble and infrared data from Spitzer,all taken on 31st January 2001 | |
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