This is the Crab Nebula! This seemingly inert supernova remnant emits 75,000 times more energy than

This is the Crab Nebula! This seemingly inert supernova remnant emits 75,000 times more energy than

This is the Crab Nebula!

This seemingly inert supernova remnant emits 75,000 times more energy than the Sun. Despite the neutron star in its center having a small diameter of 18 miles, it has a mass of 1.5 times the Sun!

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary One telescope on January 5th, 2022 at 21:12 UTC. 

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