Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Crab Nebula - M1 in the Messier Catalogue - is a supernova remnant with an important pulsar at its centre. Here we look at it through Nik Szymanek's telescope and the professionals discuss what's going on in this "real-time explosion", unfolding in space on an epic timescale.
With Meghan Gray and Paul Crowther and Mike Merrifield
Images thanks to Nasa, ESA, etc... And Adam Block (Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona): caelumobservatory.com - Michael Siniscalchi: helixgate.net - Bob Fera: feraphotography.com - Philip Perkins: astrocruise.com - Paul Haese: paulhaese.net - Nik Szymanek: ccdland.net - And to The Royal Society.
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The Crab Nebula - M1 in the Messier Catalogue - is a supernova remnant with an important pulsar at its centre. Here we look at it through Nik Szymanek's telescope and the professionals discuss what's going on in this "real-time explosion", unfolding in space on an epic timescale.
With Meghan Gray and Paul Crowther and Mike Merrifield
Images thanks to Nasa, ESA, etc... And Adam Block (Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona): caelumobservatory.com - Michael Siniscalchi: helixgate.net - Bob Fera: feraphotography.com - Philip Perkins: astrocruise.com - Paul Haese: paulhaese.net - Nik Szymanek: ccdland.net - And to The Royal Society.
Deep Sky Videos website: deepskyvideos.com
Twitter: twitter.com/#!/DeepSkyVideos
Facebook: facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/68847473@N02
More about the astronomers in our videos: deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html
Videos by Brady Haran
Additional video editing by Stephen Slater
