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Ref : S01568
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Nebulas (144 images)
Title : enlargement of a small area of the well-known Crab Nebula (also known as 'Messier 1')
Caption :
enlargement of a small area of the well-known Crab Nebula (also known as Messier 1). It is the remnant of a supernova explosion at a distance of about 6,000 light-years, observed almost 1000 years ago, in the year 1054. It contains a neutron star near its center that spins 30 times per second around its axis.
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