the crab nebula

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Definition of the crab nebula in English Turkish dictionary: Yengeç Bulutsusu

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Definition of the crab nebula in English English dictionary
Crab Nebula: Bright nebula in the constellation Taurus, about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Roughly 12 light-years in diameter, it is the remnant of a supernova, first observed by Chinese and other astronomers in 1054, that was visible in daylight for 23 days and at night for almost two years. Identified as a nebula 1731, it was named (for its form) in the mid-19th century. In 1921 it was discovered to be still expanding; the present rate is about 700 mi/second (1,100 km/second). The Crab is one of the few astronomical objects from which electromagnetic radiation has been detected over the entire measurable spectrum. In the late 1960s a pulsar, thought to be the collapsed remnant star of the supernova, was found near its centre
crab nebula: a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD

the crab nebula

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the Crab ne·bu·la

dhi kräb nebyılı

/ᴛʜē ˈkrab ˈnebyələ/ /ðiː ˈkræb ˈnɛbjələ/

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