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

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M1 (Crab Nebula)

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The Crab Nebula is one of my favourite objects though it is rather on the small side for the field of view of my imaging rig: The image is therefore heavily cropped down in order to give the nebula sufficient impact.

This image was mostly captured during the night of 3rd December when we at last had a break in the clouds after several weeks of poor weather. The LRGB subs have been combined wih some Ha subs captured back in the October in a night when the moon was well up.

This image is a first for me in that I used 2x2 binning to capture much of the RGB data in order to obtain a sufficient signal in the available time.

Overall I am delighted with the level of detail in red filaments of the nebula core, and also by the traces of faint blue nebulosity in the outermost fringes.

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