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Optical Observations of the Crab Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Virginia Trimble*
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

Abstract

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The continuum radiation from the Crab Nebula has a great deal of structure, the majority of which is strongly polarized. Wisps in the vicinity of the pulsar at the centre of the nebula move noticeably in a few months. The appearance of the nebula changes markedly when photographed in different emission lines, as a result of the variations of physical conditions from place to place within the nebula.

Type
Session 1
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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