Crab Nebula
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crab-nebula-164-1660455
title:
Crab Nebula
text:
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common name comes from a drawing that somewhat resembled a crab with arms produced by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, in 1842 or 1843 using a 36-inch (91 cm) telescope. The nebula was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731. It corresponds with a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 as a guest star. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified that corr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
date created:
2002-09-09T13:19:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:02:19Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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