The Crab Nebula in fulldome

The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost certainly, Native Americans.

This is just one of the many views a visitor can have from inside the planetarium at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre.

Credit:

 

ESO/P. Horálek

About the Image

Id:upr_IMG_6348-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:12 June 2022, 15:16
Related releases:es2202
Size:5472 x 3648 px

About the Object

Category:Fulldome
Planetarium
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