New idea may crack enigma of the Crab Nebula's 'zebra' pattern
3 天之前 · The specific pulsar I'm discussing is known as the Crab Pulsar, located in the center of the Crab Nebula 6,000 light years away from us." ... "The Crab Pulsar is somewhat unique -- it's relatively ...
Crab Pulsar - Wikipedia
The Crab Pulsar (PSR B0531+21 or Baade's Star) is a relatively young neutron star. The star is the central star in the Crab Nebula , a remnant of the supernova SN 1054 , which was widely observed on Earth in the year 1054.
New idea may crack enigma of the Crab Nebula’s ‘zebra’ pattern
The specific pulsar I’m discussing is known as the Crab Pulsar, located in the center of the Crab Nebula 6,000 light years away from us.” ... “The Crab Pulsar is somewhat unique — it’s relatively young by astronomical standards, only about a thousand years old, and highly energetic,” he said. ...
Mysterious signals from Crab Nebula form a zebra pattern
2 天之前 · “We observe this as a pulsed emission, usually with one or two pulses per rotation. The specific pulsar I’m discussing is known as the Crab Pulsar.” Zebra pattern in the Crab Nebula. The nebula itself is the remnant of a supernova documented in 1054, with historical records from China describing an unusually bright star in the sky.
The Strange Pulsar at the Center of the Crab Nebula
2 天之前 · It’s the remnant of a supernova explosion Chinese astronomers recorded in 1056. However, the Crab Nebula is more than just a nebula; it’s also a pulsar. The Crab Pulsar pulsates in an unusual ...
New idea may crack enigma of the Crab Nebula’ | EurekAlert!
3 天之前 · The specific pulsar I’m discussing is known as the Crab Pulsar, located in the center of the Crab Nebula 6,000 light years away from us.” The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that ...
Messier 1 (The Crab Nebula) - Science@NASA
Peering deep into M1, this spectacular Hubble image captures the nebula’s beating heart: the rapidly spinning pulsar at its core. Bright wisps are moving outward from the pulsar (the rightmost of the two bright stars near the center of the image) …
The Night I Met the Crab Pulsar - Sky & Telescope
2024年1月17日 · The Crab Nebula in Taurus is a favorite wintertime target. Glowing at magnitude 8.4 it's easily visible in a small telescope. Larger scopes reveal filaments (the exploding star's former atmosphere) and a smoky, central glow from synchrotron radiation emitted by particles spiraling in the pulsar's intense magnetic field. North is up.
Crab Nebula: Everything you need to know | Space
2023年8月25日 · The Crab Nebula, also known as Messier 1 (M1), is one of the brightest supernova remnants in the sky. As the name supernova remnant suggests, it's the leftovers from a star's explosive death....
Historic Nebula Seen Like Never Before With NASA’s IXPE
2023年4月7日 · The Crab Pulsar is a famous astronomical object, about 6,500 light-years from Earth, that originated with the explosion of a massive star. The nebula around the Crab contains a donut-shaped magnetic field, which NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed.