Messier 1 The Crab Nebula. Supernova Remnant, Taurus

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AstroPhysics 175EDF f8 AP 3600GTO "El Capitan" SBIG STT-8300 SBIG FW8G (Guided Filter Wheel)

November 2015. Cave Creek Canyon Observatory, Arizona Sky Village

Equipment: Telescope: Mount: Camera: Guider:

Filters: - H-Alpha 5nm (Astrodon)     27x20 mins   = 540 mins     Total Exposure Time =  9h 00m

Details: Data Imaged remotely over 7 nights (Nov 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21, 2015). The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952) is the result of a brilliant Supernova event recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054. Today we observe this as an expanding gas cloud eminating from the central Pulsar.

© 2015, David A. Churchill

Links: The Astro-Physics 175EDF Telescope        Full Field View of M1 in LRGB       LRGB Image of M1       Narrowband Image of M1

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