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8 photos tagged pulsar, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• smithsonianinstitution
• smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
• chandratelescope
• space
• chandra
• neutronstar
• milkyway
• blue
• light
• nebula
• outerspace
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• crabnebula
• supernovaremnant
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• nasa
• binarysystems
• galaxycluster
• 47tucanae
• chandraimage
• badosa:obra=n276
• millisecondpulsars
• 47tucanaeglobularcluster
• astrophotography

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Fingers, Loops, and Bays in the Crab Nebula (A supernova remnant and pulsar located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus.)

from Smithsonian Institution

• 7 older comments, and then…
• Carlos Grand said:

  Belíssimo registro. Interessante observar que, ao realizar a foto, a nebulosa de Crab já não estava lá há muito tempo em razão do tempo em que a luz da foto viajou pelo espaço - 6000 anosluz.

• DocChewbacca said:

  Beautiful !

• Kurt said:

  Your Photo Is Heart Worthy!
  
  
  Please add this to the group!

• carlitooos =) said:

  great shot !

• aerialhead said:

  Wow! That's a photo that's makes you feel insignificant!

A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand

from Smithsonian Institution

• 38 older comments, and then…
• Smithsonian Institution said:

  To learn more about this image and download a higher resolution, visit chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/ A related blog post is here - blog.photography.si.edu/2009/04/08/image-of-supernova/

• joe ☮ said:

  Amazing! -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

• Ellie Designs E said:

  wonderful :)

• Huitzil said:

  ah I saw this on the news, very amazing!!

• biotron said:

  aaaahhhhhh :)

B1509-58: Chandra Examines A Quadrillion-volt Pulsar (A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus.)

from Smithsonian Institution

• Smithsonian Institution said:

  A new version of this image can be seen here - www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/3424495044/