Moving Heart of the Crab Nebula (IMAGE)

ESA/Hubble Information Centre

Moving Heart of the Crab Nebula

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While many other images of the famous Crab Nebula have focused on the filaments in the outer part of the nebula, this image shows the very heart of the Crab Nebula including the central neutron star -- it is the rightmost of the two bright stars near the center of this image.

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