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Compass Image for Southern Crab Nebula

Colorful hourglass-shaped nebula with a bright white star and a glowing figure eight at its center on a dark background with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.

Image of Southern Crab Nebula, with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.

The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).

The color key shows which filters from Hubble's WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3) instrument were used when collecting the light.

  • Release Date
    April 18, 2019
  • Science Release
    Hubble Celebrates 29th Anniversary with a Colorful Look at the Southern Crab Nebula
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and STScI

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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