Chandra Digest (March 15) Crab Nebula

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--- Thursday, March 15, 2018  ---

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** Crab Nebula: A Crab Walks Through Time
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
Read the article, rate the image, and send in your comments at:
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/crab/

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**Chandra Podcasts:  A Tour of the Crab Nebula
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
http://chandra.si.edu/resources/podcasts/by_date.html?year=2018

**Chandra Podcasts:  A Quick Look at an Ultraluminous X-ray Source (ULX) in M51
Astronomers have used Chandra data to determine that an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) contains a neutron star.
http://chandra.si.edu/resources/podcasts/by_date.html?year=2018

**Chandra Blog: A Crab Walks Through Time
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory launch into space. The Crab Nebula was one of the first objects that Chandra examined with its sharp X-ray vision, and it has been a frequent target of the telescope ever since.
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/674