Misty Crab Nebula

This is a misty public domain photo from the GRIN, Great Images In NASA, Collection within the NASA image archive.

The Crab Nebula is the remnants of an enormous star over ten times the size of our sun and that ended in a supernova on July 4, 1054. NASA’s website notes that Chinese astronomers left records of the event. They recorded a bright new star that lasted for several weeks and was visible during night and daytime hours. This fantastic image captures gases and dust being driven away from the remaining pulsar star located at the center of the image.

With a great deal of misty, fiery texture, this deep space image would work well as an integration into a texture background collage or as a base for space illustration.

This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope – NASA. NASA is an Agency of the United States Government, therefore this image is in the public domain.

1.7 Megabyte JPG. Hosted by nasa.gov.