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Crab Nebula pulsar Composite Image

author: Nasa/CXC/Novapix

reference: a-snv11-00522

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 20 cm

View of the activity in the inner region around the Crab Nebula pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star seen as a bright white dot near the center of the images.
The inner ring is about one light year across.
Composite image showing the X-ray (blue), and optical (red) images superimposed.

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTRONOMY - CHANDRA - COMPOSITE - CRAB - EVOLUTION - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - M1 - NEUTRON STAR - NGC 1952 - PULSAR - STAR - SUPERNOVA - SUPERNOVA REMNANT - TAURUS - X - X-RAY -