Crab Nebula Most Detailed Image From NASA Hubble Telescope
by Carol Japp
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Crab Nebula Most Detailed Image From NASA Hubble Telescope
Artist
Carol Japp
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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This Hubble image, realeased on 1st December 2005, provides the most detailed view ever of the entire Crab Nebula and is also the biggest image ever taken with Hubble's WFPC2 camera. A composite image compiled from 24 unique exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this is the highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever created. The Crab Nebula is some 6,500 light years from earth and part of the Taurus Constellation. Credit: NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) This reproduction image has been remastered and color corrected.
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October 9th, 2023
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