Crab Nebula (M1) - RGB (adjusted) (dswtan)

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

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Crab Nebula (M1) - RGB (adjusted)

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Crab Nebula (M1) - RGB (adjusted)

Crab Nebula (M1) - RGB (adjusted)

A milestone image for me, having been one of the first nebulae that I hunted in vain for as a child through a cheap Japanese 60mm refractor in the 70s. This modified RGB version complements my also-modified narrowband rendition taken a month later. RC's BlurXterminator makes all the difference -- what a gift to the community. I tried to be gentle with it, and went with more subtle colors here than the crazy narrowband version -- more sympathetic to natural, but not exactly.

RGB stars here were re-used for the narrowband adjacent image. I think the faint cloud at left is light pollution, but not sure. Left it for now. Gotta just hit upload at some point!

One of the adjustments is -green in the traditional way. Sorry, purists!

~13 hours total integration at 120s/filter, unity gain, 0C. Details below. Taken over multiple ~2-4hr sessions in October 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula

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RA (center)	05h34m32s.435
RA (top/left)	05h35m43s.824
RA (top/right)	05h33m13s.713
RA (bottom/right)	05h33m21s.193
RA (bottom/left)	05h35m50s.917

Dec (center)	+22°00′59″.18
Dec (top/left)	+22°13′59″.99
Dec (top/right)	+22°11′29″.99
Dec (bottom/right)	+21°47′56″.64
Dec (bottom/left)	+21°50′26″.20

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