Crab Nebula Comparison Table

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Crab Nebula comparison table

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Messier object originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet celestial sphere celestial body Messier catalog an object assigned a number by Charles Messier from Earth

supernova remnant 10000 km s^-1 gas radio source radio source catalog radio SNR synchrotron radiation emission nebula A gaseous nebula, the expanding shell ejected by a supernova, and deriving its energy (at least in some cases) from the conversion by the remanent neutron star of its rotational energy into a stream of high-energy particles being continually accelerated in the SNR. About 100 SNRs are known in our Galaxy. Supernova remnants are usually powerful radio sources. enhanced with heavy elements relative to the interstellar medium

Crab Nebula originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet 10000 km s^-1 gas Messier catalog radio SNR synchrotron radiation Messier object 2U 0531+22 A chaotic, expanding mass of gas in Taurus, the remnant of a Type I supernova whose light reached Earth in 1054. It is an intense radio source, and its visible light is strongly polarized. It is also a source of X-rays and gamma-rays. Its total mass is about 1 M_sun, but the total energy radiated by the Crab is 10³⁷-10³⁸ ergs s^-1. It is periodically occulted by the Moon, and every June its radio spectrum is occulted by the solar corona. 2 kpc 947 years enhanced with heavy elements relative to the interstellar medium 1

Subject	has purpose	has ejection velocity	is part of	is a kind of	has catalog	has wavelength	has acronym	produce	is an instance of	has synonym	has image	has definition	has distance	has age	has composition	has Messier number
Messier object	originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet		celestial sphere	celestial body	Messier catalog							an object assigned a number by Charles Messier	from Earth
supernova remnant		10000 km s^-1	gas	radio source	radio source catalog	radio	SNR	synchrotron radiation		emission nebula		A gaseous nebula, the expanding shell ejected by a supernova, and deriving its energy (at least in some cases) from the conversion by the remanent neutron star of its rotational energy into a stream of high-energy particles being continually accelerated in the SNR. About 100 SNRs are known in our Galaxy. Supernova remnants are usually powerful radio sources.			enhanced with heavy elements relative to the interstellar medium
Crab Nebula	originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet	10000 km s^-1	gas		Messier catalog	radio	SNR	synchrotron radiation	Messier object	2U 0531+22		A chaotic, expanding mass of gas in Taurus, the remnant of a Type I supernova whose light reached Earth in 1054. It is an intense radio source, and its visible light is strongly polarized. It is also a source of X-rays and gamma-rays. Its total mass is about 1 M_sun, but the total energy radiated by the Crab is 10³⁷-10³⁸ ergs s^-1. It is periodically occulted by the Moon, and every June its radio spectrum is occulted by the solar corona.	2 kpc	947 years	enhanced with heavy elements relative to the interstellar medium	1

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