Zoom into the Crab Nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
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[@SouthwesternEagle]

Oh wow! The 1054 Supernova was literally next to Betelgeuse!
When Betelgeuse becomes a Supernova itself, it'll be almost the exact same position in the sky.
If Betelgeuse were to explode in 2054, that'd just be poetically beautiful. :)

[@ThrustersX]

It is expected to blow up not before in the next 100,000 years though

[@meikehoffmann966]

@@ThrustersX it is expected For it to Blow Up any Moment in the next 100000 years

[@segura2112]

@@meikehoffmann966 It could have gone boom today but we won't know about it for about 140 odd years (don't remember exactly how far away it is).

[@arte0021]

it doesnt look at all like a crab

[@SolarisAndCryo]

There is a pulsar inside on the nebula called: Crab Pulsar

[@nikofrey4107]

ok

[@luckyabdurrahman1085]

I wonder if the pulsar is the remnant of the star that exploded in a supernovae

[@SolarisAndCryo]

@@luckyabdurrahman1085 yes,its a remnant

[@CMONCMON007]

incredible

[@TECHGUYROHITWADIA]

Yes we all can watch it all day long

[@RobertHana]

It's a type of supernova remnant

[@Chase_baker_1996]

There's also a Pulsar at the center

[@rosswell6884]

❤ it's gotta be my favourite nebula

[@Justin_Martin]

Awesome view 👑🇺🇸💕

[@jah0524]

Tough nebula to see using a backyard telescope (C8). I've looked for the Crab Nebula and have never seen it.

[@flamenebula342]

MESSIER 1

[@billalhossainfrancis7685]

Nice

[@starpawsy]

Uhh, the Crab Nebula is in Taurus, and the "natural" way to find it is from the Hyades, the head of the bull.

[@jrdnhamm]

That’s what i was going to say!

[@candaxveeeverbdykila9339]

It's over it's over ya done your the dropping the pink

[@ismokeherbandrockaturban]

well

[@pem6908]

Wasent this from 1050's or some year like that... how did you get this footige...

[@dcdete]

The footage is from today (or five years ago when the picture was taken.) That isn't what it looked like 1,000 years ago. The report was that it looked like a star that brightened some 50 times from the night before. Supposedly they seen the star even in the daylight.

[@lashomme1453]

I think its photoshop

[@LShaver947]

Its not

[@Marcell_Kovacs]

It is, but that doesn't mean it's not real.

[@Amaraticando]

there're some colors and filters, but the whole thing is real.