Posted on Mar 4, 2022
APOD: 2022 March 4 - The Multiwavelength Crab
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the March 4th Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "The Multiwavelength Crab." The Crab Nebula is about 12 light years across, and lies 6,500 light years away in the constellation Taurus. This composite image captures data sets from the Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer Space Telescopes, as well as the European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM-Newton Telescope and ground-based Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope.
The Crab Pulsar "powers" (e.g. produces) the Crab Nebula. It is a neutron star that spins 30 times per second, is the size of a small city, and has a mass greater than our Sun. The pulsar is the remnant of a supernova explosion observed on Earth by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054.
The Crab Pulsar "powers" (e.g. produces) the Crab Nebula. It is a neutron star that spins 30 times per second, is the size of a small city, and has a mass greater than our Sun. The pulsar is the remnant of a supernova explosion observed on Earth by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054.
APOD: 2022 March 4 - The Multiwavelength Crab
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the March 4th Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): 'The Multiwavelength Crab.’
Image: The Multiwavelength Crab.
Explanation: The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, expanding debris from massive star's death explosion, witnessed on planet Earth in 1054 AD. This brave new image offers a 21st century view of the Crab Nebula by presenting image data from across the electromagnetic spectrum as wavelengths of visible light. From space, Chandra (X-ray) XMM-Newton (ultraviolet), Hubble (visible), and Spitzer (infrared), data are in purple, blue, green, and yellow hues. From the ground, Very Large Array radio wavelength data is shown in red. One of the most exotic objects known to modern astronomers, the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star spinning 30 times a second, is the bright spot near picture center. Like a cosmic dynamo, this collapsed remnant of the stellar core powers the Crab's emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Spanning about 12 light-years, the Crab Nebula is 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy - Live 1976
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FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. MSgt Gloria Vance SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden SPC Douglas Bolton GySgt Jack Wallace1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhDCSM Bob Stanek SGM Bill Frazer
Image: The Multiwavelength Crab.
Explanation: The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, expanding debris from massive star's death explosion, witnessed on planet Earth in 1054 AD. This brave new image offers a 21st century view of the Crab Nebula by presenting image data from across the electromagnetic spectrum as wavelengths of visible light. From space, Chandra (X-ray) XMM-Newton (ultraviolet), Hubble (visible), and Spitzer (infrared), data are in purple, blue, green, and yellow hues. From the ground, Very Large Array radio wavelength data is shown in red. One of the most exotic objects known to modern astronomers, the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star spinning 30 times a second, is the bright spot near picture center. Like a cosmic dynamo, this collapsed remnant of the stellar core powers the Crab's emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Spanning about 12 light-years, the Crab Nebula is 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy - Live 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NrtyimDTEY
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. MSgt Gloria Vance SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden SPC Douglas Bolton GySgt Jack Wallace1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhDCSM Bob Stanek SGM Bill Frazer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTfDUyUkVYE
FYI SSG Michael Noll SGT Mark Anderson Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SSG Franklin Briant CPL Douglas Chrysler SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SGT Steve McFarland SPC Nancy Greene SSgt Marian MitchellPO1 Howard Barnes PO3 Charles StreichCPL Ronald Keyes Jr SPC Michael TerrellPO2 (Join to see) 1SG Joseph Dartey PO3 Lynn Spalding
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