Formation of the Southern Crab Nebula (artist's impression)
This artist's impression of the formation of Southern Crab nebula illustrates its hourglass-shared structure, that has been created by the interaction between a pair of stars at its centre: a red giant and a white dwarf. The red giant is shedding its outer laters in the last phase of its life before it too lives out its final years as a white dwarf.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Image
Id: | heic1907c |
---|---|
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 18 April 2019, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1907 |
Size: | 3840 x 2500 px |
About the Object
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
---|---|
Category: | Illustrations |
Wallpapers
1024x768
93.3 KB
1280x1024
142.3 KB
1600x1200
190.9 KB
1920x1200
211.8 KB
2048x1536
301.5 KB