The Crab Nebula
An excerpt from the Planetarium Show "The Hot and Energetic Universe".
The Crab Nebula is observed in different wavelengths. It is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus about 6,000 light-years away, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054.
Credit:Th. Matsopoulos
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F. Seward
Optical: NASA/ESA/ASU/J. Hester & A. Loll
Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Minn./R. Gehrz
About the Video
| Id: | crabnebula-HEU |
| Release date: | 6 April 2017, 12:47 |
| Duration: | 35 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Crab Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
| Category: | Fulldome |
