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The surroundings of the Crab Nebula (ground-based image) (Crab Nebula , Messier 1) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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The surroundings of the Crab Nebula (ground-based image)

December 1, 2005 · ESA/Hubble · Crab Nebula , Messier 1

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This composite shows: 1) The constellation Taurus (lower left) photographed by the avid astrophotographer Akira Fujii. 2) A two-colour image (right) shows the surroundings of the Crab Nebula. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images, and 3) The new NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image (upper left) of the entire Crab Nebula in super high resolution.