crab nebula

crab neb·u·la

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Definitions of crab nebula words

noun crab nebula the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years 3
noun crab nebula 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 3
noun crab nebula the remnant of a supernova explosion, observed in 1054 a.d., in the constellation Taurus. 1

before 1885

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First recorded in 1885-90

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