Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Crab nebula  ·  M 1  ·  NGC 1952
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M1, HDR, high resolution, Randy Pfeiffer
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M1, HDR, high resolution

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M1, HDR, high resolution, Randy Pfeiffer
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M1, HDR, high resolution

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This image is from the third session in a three-month series that improved my ability to capture and process high resolution, high dynamic range images of M1. The nights are dark and steady in Portal, AZ this time of year, often with Bortle 1 skies. Using Dec Arc for unguided, dithered imaging provided crisp images with small eccentricities, allowing for an effective 2x drizzle and resulting pixel ratio of 0.226 as/px. Colors have been processed in the style of Detlef Hartmann, whose fascinating M1 animation inspired this work. HDR and LHE features of PixInsight provide the detailed look at the difficult-to-resolve interior region.

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M1, HDR, high resolution, Randy Pfeiffer