Tuesday, April 23, 2019

The Southern Crab Nebula: Zooming In | NASA/ESA

The Southern Crab Nebula
Hubble's 29th Birthday Celebrations!
This video takes the viewer on a journey into the 29th anniversary image NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Southern Crab Nebula. This peculiar nebula, which exhibits nested hourglass-shaped structures, has been created by the interaction between a pair of stars at its center. The unequal pair consists of a red giant and a white dwarf. The red giant is shedding its outer layers in the last phase of its life before it too lives out its final years as a white dwarf.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
European Space Agency (ESA)

Credits:
Video: Hubble, DSS, Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Music: Astral Electronic
Duration: 50 seconds
Release Date: April 18, 2019

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