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A star exploded almost 1000 years ago and left us with the gorgeous Crab Nebula. Here's how to see it


To see the Crab Nebula for yourself, you'll have to wait until around midnight local daylight time, after it has sufficiently risen high enough above the east-northeast horizon

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