My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 02.2019 | Page 32

CRAB NEBULA
by Howard Banich
COSMIC EXPLOSION The Crab
Nebula as it appears today at visual
wavelengths as seen with the 32-
inch Schulman Telescope. But it
didn’t always look this way. North is
up in all images and sketches unless
otherwise noted.
Above the
Southern H
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