The “Crab Nebula”: the most famous supernova remnant. distance  2000 pc diameter  3 pc.

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The “Crab Nebula”: the most famous supernova remnant. distance  2000 pc diameter  3 pc

Synchrotron Emission: relativistic electrons spiralling around magnetic field lines. Gives rise to the “ghostly” blue light (non-thermal). radiation

Recombination Emission Line Radiation: (optical) (ultraviolet) Red filaments are due to H  photons produced when protons and electrons recombine to form hydrogen atoms.

Expanding at 1,800 km/s diameter = 3 pc implying an explosion around the year 1054! Crab Nebula is Rapidly Expanding:

The Supernova Event as Recorded by Chinese Astronomers in 1054:

5 July 1054 An Artist Conception:

Jocelyn Bell Discovery of Pulsars:

Are these alien signals???

No! these are rotating neutron stars! called Pulsars. Pulsars rotate from 10 to 1000 times per second!

Hubble Space Telescope (optical) Pulsar injecting energy into the Crab nebula! Chandra Space Telescope (X-ray)

A Stellar Black Hole in a Binary System!

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