Observation by Alun Halsey: Messier 1

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2018 Dec 01 - 12:23

Uploaded

2018 Dec 01 - 12:23

Objects

The Crab Nebula (M1)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05^h34^m
Dec: +22°01'
Position angle: +78°10'

Field size

0°12' × 0°09'

Equipment

C9.25 SCT working at F/10
Atik 314L/Starlight Xpress filterwheel
Baader 2" narrowband filters
off axis guider/GPcam2 130m
EQ6 Pro

Exposure

Total of 2 hours,4x900sec Ha,4x900sec OIII

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Messier 1 (Crab nebula)

Title

Messier 1

About this image

Using the C9.25 at f/10 I captured 4 subs at 900 seconds each in Ha and same again in OIII,stacked in Deepskystacker,colour combined in Maxim DL4 (Ha,OIII,OIII) final processing in Photoshop CS2.

Files associated with this observation

Crab-nebula-4x900sec-RGB.jpg (200.5 kB)

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