Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
M1, Craig Emery
M1
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M1

M1, Craig Emery
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M1

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My rendition of the Crab Nebula from my first night shooting with the ASI-128 Pro. Light but gusty breeze, moderate seeing, and my guiding was chasing seeing more than i'd like. But the biggest challenge for me was adapting from backyard Nikon to APT, especially focussing which I was clearly struggling with here. Despite it being not quite as sharp as I'd like, I'm pretty excited with this initial result from 2hrs of data.

This version is cropped and scaled 0.6x. Mild star reduction was employed during processing, to minimal effect I think. Just thought I'd give it a try for aesthetic reasons given the lack of sharp focus.

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M1, Craig Emery