One of the more unique technological anomalies involved the Crab Pulsar (the rapidly spinning heart of the nebula).

Finding the Crab Nebula in the night sky is a rewarding challenge. January is the absolute best time window of the year to view it, as the constellation Taurus is high in the sky during the early evening. Here is your “Star-hopping” guide to finding it: First locate Orion the Hunter in the southern sky. Look for the three bright stars in a row that make up his belt. Follow the line of the belt upward and to the right until you hit a bright, redish star. That is Aldebararan, the “Eye of the Bull” in taurus.

Taurus is shaped like a “V” (the face) with two long horns stretching out. Look for the star at the lower (southern) horn. This star is called Tauri (Zeta Tauri). The Crab Nebula sits almost exactly 1 degree (about two full-moon widths) to the upper-right of this star.