Crab nebula timelapse

[peter_4059]

Spotted this on Astrobin this morning - pretty cool. 10 year time lapse of the crab nebula.

https://www.astrobin.com/full/327338/0/

[Octane]

Needs more denconvolution.

I wonder how much of it is artifact and how much is actually real?

Still, it's cool to see it pulsate.

H

[RobF]

That's astounding. Thanks for sharing Peter.
Hints at the enormity of things normally not seen within our lifetimes.

[troypiggo]

Very cool

[h0ughy]

Awesome

[marc4darkskies]

That's awesome! Love it! The only other one I've seen is Adam Block's comparison of a 1999 image with a 2012 version. While not as crisp, this version shows the overall expansion and propagation of the shock waves much more clearly and smoothly. Thanks for drawing attention to this Peter!

[ozstronomer]

Very cool, nice find Peter

[strongmanmike]

I agree with Marcus, pretty darn cool that :thumbsup:. Everything always seems so static in the deep sky but every now and then patient collections like this remind us it is indeed all slowly changing...at high velocity!

Mike

[alpal]

Wow - it took a while to load but it was worth it.

I've never seen anything like that before.

It should be an APOD.

[alan meehan]

pretty darn good

[SimmoW]

I think it got a well justified APOD. A truly gobsmacking effort

[ZeroID]

Wow ! amazing picture\gif. So true we see them as static but that puts a whole new perspective on what is really happening out there.

[Ryderscope]

That is seriously cool. Like a celestial heart beating away in space.

[el_draco]

The foreground stars aren't moving. Its probably not artefact.
The pulsing is a loop effect of the gif... straight expansion. Fascinating to watch that "billowing steam" effect from the core. Pretty much what I'd expect to see coming from the most active part of the nebula.

Very impressive. :thumbsup: