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The crab nebula is a cloud of gas 6,000 light
years from Earth, in the constellation
Taurus. It is the remains of a star that
exploded as a supernova, observed as a
brilliant point of light on Earth in 1054.
The name comes from its crablike shape.
Subject by: Mervin Dykes