Sentences with phrase «other bright nebula»
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A ring, sharp jets, and other bright x-ray features surround the central neutron star in the Crab Nebula in this new image (left) from the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Astronomers believe the bullets, which are about 10 times the size of our solar system, are clumps of iron atoms (bright blue tips) and other gas ejected from within the nebula after an unknown violent event.
The Crab Nebula, the result of a bright supernova explosion seen by Chinese and other astronomers in the year 1054, is some 6,500 light - years from Earth.
This cloud is the bright Milky Way patch slightly above the center of our image; among many other Deep Sky objects (clusters and nebulae) one can find 10 more Messier objects in this image.
Other measurements indicate that the nebula's bright portion is expanding at a rate of 6.8 arcseconds per century, which would put the nebula's age between 3,000 and 4,000 years.