- Crab nebula
- Crab nebulan.a crab-shaped, rapidly expanding cloud of gas in the constellation Taurus, containing a neutron-star pulsar: believed to be the remnants of the supernova of A.D. 1054
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Crab nebula
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Crab Nebula — Crab′ Neb ula n. astron. the remnant of a supernova explosion observed in 1054 a.d. in the constellation Taurus … From formal English to slang
Crab Nebula — Astron. the remnant of a supernova explosion, observed in 1054 A.D., in the constellation Taurus. [1885 90] * * * Bright nebula in the constellation Taurus, about 5,000 light years from Earth. Roughly 12 light years in diameter, it is the remnant … Universalium
Crab Nebula — /kræb ˈnɛbjələ/ (say krab nebyuhluh) noun a gaseous nebula in the constellation Taurus; remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 …
Crab Nebula — noun a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD • Instance Hypernyms: ↑supernova • Member Holonyms: ↑Taurus … Useful english dictionary
Southern Crab Nebula — The Southern Crab Nebula or Hen2 104 is a nebula located, as seen from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus, but it is actually several thousand light years from our planet. Its central star is a symbiotic Mira variable white dwarf pair.The… … Wikipedia
Crab Pulsar — The Crab Nebula, which contains the Crab Pulsar. Image combines optical data from Hubble (in red) and X ray images from Chandra (in blue). NASA/CXC/ASU/J. Hester et al.[1] … Wikipedia
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nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula … Universalium
