Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Finding the Crab in the Sand


The Crab Nebula was discovered in 1731 by the British physician and amateur astronomer John Bevis(1695-1771). Although, it was first seen in China on July 4, 1054 AD and was visible in full day light for 23 days and at night you could see it with a naked eye for 653 days.


A nebula, like the Crab Nebula, is a big part of space. Then again anything that HUGE would b
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1 comment:

  1. i really liked how you give lots of info, like dates. i think you could have stretched it out more. i wana know why you could see it with a naked eye for 653 days

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