Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
M1 / Crab Nebula, Jeff Donaldson
M1 / Crab Nebula
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M1 / Crab Nebula

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M1 / Crab Nebula. Shot in Hydrogen Alpha on the evening of March 7th and morning of March 8th under an 88% lit moon. This is 16x600s shots (Total Integration: 2.6hrs) Used my Orion 8" F4 Newt on a Celestron CGEM mount, guided with the Orion 50mm Mini guidescope and QHY5L-IIM guide Camera. Imaging camera was the Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD OSC. Used the Baader 7nm Ha filter as well and cooling was set to -20c. Shooting narrowband with a OSC camera proves to be a challenge. Thankfully I am using the Ha images to enhance RGB images using HaRGB combining. Even with the noise I hope you enjoy! Nothing like shooting under a near full moon!

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M1 / Crab Nebula, Jeff Donaldson