SpazeSupernova remnant, M1
Crab Nebula
The wreck of a star that exploded in 1054, when Chinese astronomers saw a new star bright enough to read by. A pulsar spins 30 times a second at its heart.
- Distance
- 6,500 light years
- Exploded
- Seen in 1054
- Width
- 11 light years
- Heart
- Pulsar, 30 spins/s
Gas
- Hydrogen
- Helium
- Carbon, oxygen, neon, sulphur, iron
Filaments of star debris around a spinning neutron star
Measured by Hubble, Chandra, JWST