"This newly processed image comes from data originally captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and 2000. The color assignments in this image have been matched to those used in the new 2024 data, providing a better comparison."
It's frankly hard to tell much difference when put into the same color scheme. Granted, those minute changes represent MASSIVE shifts in the arrangement of matter throughout the nebula, it just doesn't look that way from this far away.
I'm assuming that most people do not know that there is a famous pulsar inside the Crab Nebula that can be seen in the optical range (one of seven such visible stars, if memory serves me).
This kid built a custom telescope platform and was able to photograph the Seagull Nebula, Bubble Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Crescent Nebula, Soul Nebula, various galaxies, all from Earth.
For those interested, the raw images are here:
2024: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/crab-nebula-2024/
1999: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/crab-nebula-1999/
interesting! the (1999) is a mix of old and new:
"This newly processed image comes from data originally captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and 2000. The color assignments in this image have been matched to those used in the new 2024 data, providing a better comparison."
the original coloring (of the 1999-2000 image) is in the article, or also at https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-... with some other details
It's frankly hard to tell much difference when put into the same color scheme. Granted, those minute changes represent MASSIVE shifts in the arrangement of matter throughout the nebula, it just doesn't look that way from this far away.
"Snaps" isn't quite the right word for photo exposures that are the order of minutes to hours.
I'm assuming that most people do not know that there is a famous pulsar inside the Crab Nebula that can be seen in the optical range (one of seven such visible stars, if memory serves me).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Pulsar
This kid built a custom telescope platform and was able to photograph the Seagull Nebula, Bubble Nebula, Rosette Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Crescent Nebula, Soul Nebula, various galaxies, all from Earth.
https://youtu.be/5A3D06D97jo