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M1 The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952, Taurus A) Crop luminance, Terry Hancock

M1 The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952, Taurus A) Crop luminance

M1 The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952, Taurus A) Crop luminance, Terry Hancock

M1 The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952, Taurus A) Crop luminance

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My latest project, here is a crop of the first part. M1 shot in luminance.

Date: October 22nd 2011

Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Camera: QHY9M monochrome CCD by www.astrofactors.com

15 x 15 min sub exposures Luminance

Scope: TMB 130SS F7 Refractor with WO/TMB 68mm Field Flattener.

Autoguided: using QHY5 autoguider on celestron Short Tube 80

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)

Image Acquired using Maxim DL, stacked with Deep Sky stacker and processed with Photoshop CS4

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The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. At X-ray and gamma-ray energies, the Crab is one of the strongest persistent sources in the sky.

At the center of the nebula lies the Crab Pulsar, a rotating neutron star, which emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion.

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M1 The Crab Nebula (NGC 1952, Taurus A) Crop luminance, Terry Hancock