In 3D
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Crab Nebula
- Classification
- 3D model
- Held by
- NASA/Francis J. Summers, NASA
- Credit
- NASA/Francis J. Summers
- Licence
- Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA), as NASA states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this object
The Crab Nebula shows the remains of an exploded star located about 6,500 light years from Earth. The powerhouse “engine” energizing the Crab system is a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star, shooting out pulses of radiation 30 times a second. X-ray information from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was used to create a three-dimensional representation […]