Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Crab Nebula • NGC 1952 |
| Object Description: |
Supernova Remnant |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 05h 34m 32s
Dec. +22° 00´ 52´´ |
| Constellation: |
Taurus |
| Dimensions: |
The image is 2.24 arcminutes across |
| Distance to Earth: |
About 6,000 light-years (1,850 parsecs) |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 (F547M) |
ACIS-S |
| Exposure Date(s): |
April 6, 2001 |
April 6, 2001 |
| Exposure Time: |
40 minutes |
6.5 hours |
| Principal Astronomers: |
J. Hester and P. Scowen (ASU), C. Michel (Rice U.), J. Graham (UC
Berkeley), J. Gallagher (U. of Wisconsin-Madison), A. Watson (UNAM
- Morelia), R. Sankrit (JHU) |
J. Hester (ASU), K. Mori (Penn State U. and Osaka U.), D. Burrows
(Penn State Univ.), J. Gallagher (U. of Wisconsin-Madison), J. Graham
(UC Berkeley), M. Halverson (U. of Wisconsin-Madison), A. Kader (ASU),
F. C. Michel (Rice Univ.) and, P. Scowen (ASU) |
| Mission: |
HST |
Chandra |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
X-ray: NASA/CXC/ASU/J. Hester et al.
Optical: NASA/HST/ASU/J. Hester et al. |
| Release Date: |
September 19, 2002 |
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