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Crab Nebula and the Vela supernova remnants These images show the region of space around two rapidly rotating neutron stars in the Crab Nebula (left) and the Vela (right) supernova remnants.

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Description	English: Crab Nebula and the Vela supernova remnants These images show the region of space around two rapidly rotating neutron stars in the Crab Nebula (left) and the Vela (right) supernova remnants. A magnetized, rapidly rotating neutron star produces electric voltages of several quadrillion volts. Particles are pulled off the neutron star and accelerated to speeds near the speed of light. A blizzard of electrons and anti-matter electrons, or positrons, is produced by these particles. The jets, and rings are thought to be caused by this process. The images have been scaled so that the ring structures will be in the right proportion to their actual size. The inner Crab ring is 1 light year in diameter; in Vela it is 0.1 light year)
Date	28 September 1999 (upload date)
Source	Crab Nebula and the Vela supernova remnants
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Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Credit/Provider	NASA/PSU/G.Pavlov et al.
Headline	X-ray image of rings and jets in the compact nebula.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Copyright holder	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Image title	Chandra's bizarre image of the Vela pulsar (bright spot in the center) shows the details of a compact nebula that resembles a gigantic cosmic crossbow. This structure is created by a rapidly rotating neutron star, or pulsar that spins out rings and jets of high-energy particles while shooting through space. As indicated by the green arrow, the jets point in the same direction as the motion of the pulsar. The swept back appearance of the nebula is due to the motion of the pulsar through the supernova remnant.
Short title	Chandra Reveals a Compact Nebula Created by a Shooting Neutron Star
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	6 June 2000
Exif version	2.21
Image width	555 px
Image height	328 px
Color space	sRGB
Width	555 px
Height	328 px
Pixel composition	RGB
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Bits per component	8 8 8
Date and time of digitizing	10:50, 12 October 2007
Date metadata was last modified	12:21, 23 February 2011
Keywords	Vela Pulsar
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
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