NGC 1952 - M1 - Crab Nebula (David Huff)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: Crab nebula · HD245010 · M 1 · NGC 1952 · Sh2-244

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NGC 1952 - M1 - Crab Nebula

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NGC 1952 - M1 - Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula 6500 light years away in the constellation of Taurus. This supernova occurred around July 4, 1054 CE when Chinese astronomers noticed it was the 3rd brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon for 3 weeks. This nebula has been expanding ever since. This was the most difficult object for me to image to date. Not because of how small or far it is but the seeing conditions and equipment gremlins. This was taken over 4 nights. Some of the capture were out of focus. The challenge was to make a nice picture out of crappy data and I think I succeeded thanks to PixInsight, Adam Block's teachings, and special tools like deconvolution.
The challenge was also due to me using a Baader FFC at a focal length of over 4000mm pushing the limits of my 6 inch SCT!

Taken from my backyard under Bortle 8.4 skies.
Caputure Date 2022-10-02
45 images @ 300 seconds each
Total integration time 3h45m
Only biases and flats. No darks.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	6398686
PixInsight job	BRM5KFC94M93YZUSZIUIINOHUN6FZ1QP
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h34m33s.343
RA (top/left)	05h34m55s.610
RA (top/right)	05h34m08s.649
RA (bottom/right)	05h34m11s.810
RA (bottom/left)	05h34m57s.977

Dec (center)	+22°00′53″.76
Dec (top/left)	+22°06′36″.69
Dec (top/right)	+22°06′01″.92
Dec (bottom/right)	+21°55′10″.59
Dec (bottom/left)	+21°55′43″.50

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