Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
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M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped), David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped)
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M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped)

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M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped), David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped)
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M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped)

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This is M1 The Crab Nebula that I have been working on, this image is just a cropped version to test if I have enough data in the RGB channels.  Next up is to process the whole image .

Captured at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Red 449 x 30s
Green 384 x 30s
Blue 386 x 30s
Ha 144 x 300s

17 hrs 21 mins hours in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Celestron 8" Edge HD

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C (Binned x2)

Image Scale: 0.8

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha, RGB

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

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M1 The Crab Nebula (Cropped), David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)