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Crab Nebula pulsar Composite Image

by

Nasa/CXC/Novapix

Reference

a-snv11-00522

Date

2006-09-06

View of the activity in the inner region around the Crab Nebula pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star seen as a bright white dot near the center of the images.The inner ring is about one light year across. Composite image showing the X-ray (blue), and optical (red) images superimposed.