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Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula

May 15, 2017 · ESA/Hubble · Taurus

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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6500 light-years from Earth, in the infrared.