This new Hubble image - One among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting observatory - shows gives the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula ever made. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting object, as well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy. The image is the largest image ever taken with Hubble's WFPC2 workhorse camera. The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is the highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever made.
De NASA kwam eergisteren met deze tweet, waarin een paarse versie van de Krabnevel te zien is, het restant van de supernova die op 4 juli 1054 uitbarstte en op aarde te zien was. De tweet is een eerbetoon aan de donderdag op 57 jarige leeftijd overleden popartiest Prince.
A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today. https://t.co/7buFWWExMw pic.twitter.com/ONQDwSQwVa
— NASA (@NASA) 21 april 2016
