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Mosaic Image of the Crab Nebula

This mosaic image of the Crab Nebula, taken by Hubble, was assembled from 24 individual Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) exposures taken in October 1999, January 2000 and December 2000. The colors in the image are representative, indicating the different elements that we...

Date
Apr 24, 1990
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
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This mosaic image of the Crab Nebula, taken by Hubble, was assembled from 24 individual Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) exposures taken in October 1999, January 2000 and December 2000. The colors in the image are representative, indicating the different elements that were expelled during the explosion.

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