Martin Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 see this short movie made from timelapse shots of Crab http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0052/combinedmovie_sm.mov here are other movies of Crab http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0052/movies.html advise you select the low resolution version so it takes less time to download and let the download happen in the background while u do something else. it takes several minutes but then u can come back and play it "This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right, red)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 i am surprised you are just posting this now. i would think that you would have seen this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 Cool definitely here is the March 26, 2005 Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050326.html it has a still shot of Crab with lots of detail and it also has some facts and links, e.g. to the movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Yeah, I have to admit, that looks pretty damn good. Makes me wish I'd taken physics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny5 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 That looks like waves in the water. What is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 That looks like waves in the water. What is that? The expansion of the leftovers from a supernova that was observed in 1054 A.D. Basically it's the gas that got blown off, and the rippling is, I expect, from a compression wave travelling through the nebula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny5 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 The expansion of the leftovers from a supernova that was observed in 1054 A.D. Basically it's the gas that got blown off, and the rippling is, I expect, from a compression wave travelling through the nebula. Is that the one Chinese astronomers observed? I remember that from history class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Is that the one Chinese astronomers observed? I remember that from history class. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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