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The Crab Nebula (M1) from HST

This new Hubble image - One among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting observatory - shows gives the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula ever made. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting object, as well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy. The image is the largest image ever taken with Hubble’s WFPC2 workhorse camera.
The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is the highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever made.

Credit: NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (www.skyfactory.org).

The Crab Nebula (M1) in Torus constellation, as viewed by HST-WFPC2

View and interact with the high-resolution image!

Why this image is shown on this website?
This Hubble image was created from HST data from a proposal by astronomer Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) and other (see here). The Exposures were taken in October 1999, January 2000 and December 2000.
The final colour image was produced in collaboration between me, ESA/Hubble (http://www.spacetelescope.org/) and NASA. I downloaded the data from the ESO/ST-ECF archive and we decided to use them to make an image for the large public. The result is the colour mosaic shown here.
We used VLT data to fill some gaps in the HST mosaic and to provide a nice field of view for the image.
I have put on this image much work, enthusiasm and passion, and I feel it a bit mine.
Davide

 

For some strange reasons, the release of this image led "TG5", one of the most important italian newscast, to breafly interview me about the Crab. The report was broadcasted on December 15, 2005. If you like, click on "play" button (in Italian language).

   

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The position of the Crab Nebula (in the red dot) in Taurus constellation.
Image from Cartes du Ciel.

This image is a composite from 24 exposures taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 mounted on Hubble Space Telescope. The exposures were recorded using three filters: F502N (O III), F631N (O I) and F673N (S II).

All images presented in this site are © Davide De Martin (2005-2009) otherwise noted. Reproduction or distribution of these images is not permitted without written consent. See also commercial use of the images for further details or email us. We welcome comments.
The astronomical images in this site were created with the help of the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator. - 3D Animated Flags Courtesy of 3DFlags.com.