M1 - Crab Nebula / 2020 (Mikko Viljamaa)

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

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I was a little late in this game so it took a long time to collect enough data for a decent image. My plan was to have a lot of NB data and just enough RGB data to have color stars. After I did my first channel combination I noticed that I hated all the rainbow colors the master showed. Not having enough RGB data left me scratching my head until I thought I'll try the HDRCombination putting together each of two channels S + R, H + G and O + B. After combining these new masters I got a more natural looking palette which I then started to work with. At the end it came down again to decide how dominant one wants the Red to be and how much that Blue / Green hue around the Nebula should show. I'm not a big fan of Green color so my M1 is maybe more Bluish than Greenish.

I did more convolution and color saturation to my stars than usually and I really like the way they turned out. This might be my new go-to process for the color stars going forward. When it comes to the Nebula itself, well I wish I would have had more focal length. It would have really helped to bring out those fainter dust lines inside the Crab.

"Nordish by nature"

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Astrometry.net job	3389838
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RA (center)	05h34m31s.610
RA (top/left)	05h35m32s.647
RA (top/right)	05h35m33s.709
RA (bottom/right)	05h33m30s.250
RA (bottom/left)	05h33m29s.830

Dec (center)	+22°00′49″.52
Dec (top/left)	+21°39′18″.72
Dec (top/right)	+22°22′12″.27
Dec (bottom/right)	+22°22′18″.81
Dec (bottom/left)	+21°39′25″.41

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