Crab Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Crab Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI)

Caption

This image by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows different structural details of the Crab Nebula. The supernova remnant is comprised of several different components, including doubly ionized sulfur (represented in green), warm dust (magenta), and synchrotron emission (blue). Yellow-white mottled filaments within the Crab’s interior represent areas where dust and doubly ionized sulfur coincide. The observations were taken as part of General Observer program 1714.

 

Credit

: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim (Princeton University)

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