| Right Ascension | 05 : 34.5 (h:m) |
|---|---|
| Declination | +22 : 01 (deg:m) |
| Distance | 6.3 (kly) |
| Visual Brightness | 8.4 (mag) |
| Apparent Dimension | 6x4 (arc min) |
You can easily locate Taurus. It is rising into the winter skies and is where the incomparable M45, the Pleiades star cluster, is found.
Constellation Orion rises immediately after.
This should help (the constellations will be tilted left from their positions in this image as they rise):
Deep inside the nebula resides the pulsar, the remnant of the supernova of 1054.
What? You don't see the jets in the above photo? That's because they radiate principally in X-rays. See the Chandra X-ray image below:
Also see the 9-04-03 APOD for images and links to MOVIES of the Crab Nebula.
