Crab Nebula
What is left of a star that exploded in the year 1054, an explosion seen and recorded by astronomers in China.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Supernova remnant
- Distance
- 6,500 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 8.4, a sight for a small telescope
- Size in the sky
- About a quarter of the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Catalogue
- M 1, NGC 1952
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