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WHO: The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in the Milky Way Galaxy.

WHAT: The Crab contains a powerful "pulsar wind nebula," the result of energetic particles and magnetic fields expelled from a pulsar, the dense core of what was once a massive star.

WHERE: Found in the constellation Taurus, the "bull," the Crab Nebula is about 6,000 light years from Earth. Taurus is visible during the winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Cas A
M101
Cats Eye
Centaurus A




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