Portal:Astronomy/Picture/7 June 2005

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The Crab Nebula is the best known example of a supernova remnant. It formed when a massive star exploded as a supernova in 1054, an event that was witnessed and recorded by Chinese astronomers. Charles Messier included the nebula as the first object in his catalogue of objects which might be confused with comets

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