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==History of Observation==
==History of Observation==
[[Image:CrabNebula.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows the central pulsar of the Crab Nebula surrounded by tilted rings of high-energy particles.]]
The first person to discover the nebula remnant was [[English]] astronomer [[John Bevis]] in 1731, who recorded it in his book, ''Uranographia Britannica''. Later in 1758, [[Charles Messier]] discovered the nebula independently while he was searching for [[Halley's Comet]], and initially mistook the nebula for another [[comet]]. He soon realized it wasn't, when it became apparent it lacked any proper motion, and it became the first astronomical object recorded in his famous ''Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles'' ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters").
The first person to discover the nebula remnant was [[English]] astronomer [[John Bevis]] in 1731, who recorded it in his book, ''Uranographia Britannica''. Later in 1758, [[Charles Messier]] discovered the nebula independently while he was searching for [[Halley's Comet]], and initially mistook the nebula for another [[comet]]. He soon realized it wasn't, when it became apparent it lacked any proper motion, and it became the first astronomical object recorded in his famous ''Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles'' ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters").