X-ray View of Crab Nebula Wall Art including Frame Canvas This image of the region

This image of the region of sky around the Pencil Nebula shows a spectacular celestial landscape featuring the blue filaments of the Vela supernova remnant

Rather than beginning at the very middle of the galaxy and swirling outwards

The field of view is approximately three degrees across

in the southern constellation of Octans (The Octant)

This project has actually produced multiple images of this target — back in July 2014

X-ray View of Crab Nebula Wall Art including Frame Canvas This image of the regionIt is the remnant of a supernova explosion at a distance of about 6,000 light years, observed almost 1,000 years ago, in the year 1054. It contains a neutron star near its centre that spins 30 times per second around its axis. Credits NASA, CfA, and J. DePasquale (STScI)