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European ESA/HST -- http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0515a.html

This new Hubble image - One among the largest ever produced with the
Earth-orbiting observatory - shows gives the most detailed view so far of the
entire Crab Nebula ever made. The Crab is arguably the single most interesting
object, as well as one of the most studied, in all of astronomy. The image is
the largest image ever taken with Hubble?s WFPC2 workhorse camera.

The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical
objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24
individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is the
highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever made.

Credit: NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University).
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble