Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  LBN 833  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952  ·  Sh2-244
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M1, The Crab Nebula, Bill Dirks
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M1, The Crab Nebula

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M1, The Crab Nebula, Bill Dirks
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M1, The Crab Nebula

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The famous remnant of the supernova of 1054. According to Wikipedia it's still expanding at 0.5% of the speed of light.

I was surprised by how much filamentary detail is revealed. Captured with a color camera and Antlia Triband filter. All exposures captured in one night.

The above acquisition details include all exposures. This final image used
66 frames (of 92) x 300s @ Gain 200 @ -20C = 5h 30m exposure time

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M1, The Crab Nebula, Bill Dirks