Messier 1. The Crab Nebula. How to salvage a bad night! (Mark C. Helton)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: Crab nebula · HD245010 · LBN 833 · M 1 · NGC 1952 · Sh2-244

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Messier 1. The Crab Nebula. How to salvage a bad night!

Happy New Year to the world!!
So I was imaging with my new mount and scope on December 29, 2022. Been having a heck of a time with mount drift so my images were all over the place. With a little help from my friend, Rust Observatory from here on Astrobin, I was able to salvage what would have otherwise been a bad night. I sent him my images and had him do a manual stack in Nebulosity 4. I still have yet to learn how to do a manual stack. The stack I was doing in Pixinsight was not working. Well, he stacked them and sent them back to me for processing in PIX. I used the new plug in BlurX, and I must say I am sold on that product. It really helps bring out the detail in the nebula, and it tightens up the stars. I still need more data to get rid of some of the noise in this image, but overall I am very happy with what I thought was going to be a busted night of imaging! Clear Skies!!
Mark

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h34m33s.464
RA (top/left)	05h35m21s.160
RA (top/right)	05h33m39s.983
RA (bottom/right)	05h33m45s.948
RA (bottom/left)	05h35m27s.470

Dec (center)	+22°01′18″.48
Dec (top/left)	+22°13′00″.98
Dec (top/right)	+22°11′34″.39
Dec (bottom/right)	+21°49′30″.95
Dec (bottom/left)	+21°50′58″.72

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