High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)
This image is of the Crab Nebula in visible light photographed by the Hale Observatory optical telescope in 1959. The faint object at the center had been identified as a pulsar and is thought to be the remains of the original star. It had been observed as a pulsar in visible light, radio wave, x-rays, and gamma-rays.
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NASA ID
7890338
Date Created
January 1, 1959
Center
MSFC
Media Type
image
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