Hubble Snaps a New Dazzling Photo of the Crab Nebula

mlmonkey

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/

chasil

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

dogscatstrees

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

geo255

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