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    Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula

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    Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

    11.02.2009

    Courtesy Photo

    NASA

    This new Hubble image -- one among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting observatory -- shows the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula ever made. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting object, as well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy. The image is the largest image ever taken with Hubble's WFPC2 workhorse camera. The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is the highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever made.

    NASA Identifier: PIA03606

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 11.02.2009
    Date Posted: 10.18.2012 00:15
    Photo ID: 738704
    Resolution: 1536x1536
    Size: 501.86 KB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US

    Web Views: 178
    Downloads: 26

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