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Utah Photographer Captures Stunning Crab Nebula Images

2/13/2026

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Jason Birch, an astrophotographer from Utah, captures Crab Nebula images from his backyard that resemble the Hubble Space Telescope's photo.
His YouTube video shows the nebula's expansion at 3.3 million miles per hour, based on hundreds of five-minute exposures.
Birch says the Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that occurred less than 1,000 years ago.
NASA recently released a new Hubble image of the egg nebula's dying star.

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Jason Birch, an astrophotographer from Utah, captures Crab Nebula images from his backyard that resemble the Hubble Space Telescope's photo.
His YouTube video shows the nebula's expansion at 3.3 million miles per hour, based on hundreds of five-minute exposures.
Birch says the Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that occurred less than 1,000 years ago.
NASA recently released a new Hubble image of the egg nebula's dying star.