Observation by Alun Halsey: Messier 1 Crab Nebula

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2025 Nov 17 - 23:31

Uploaded

2025 Nov 18 - 17:18

Objects

The Crab Nebula (M1)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05^h34^m
Dec: +22°00'
Position angle: -46°03'

Field size

0°22' × 0°12'

Equipment

Meade 12" SCT (LX200 GPS deforked)
Celestron 0.63x reducer
ZWO ASI585MM Pro
Baader 7nm Ha filter in ZWO filter drawer
canon 300mm prime lens + 1.4x extender lens (used as guide scope)
Player 1 Ceres 462MM guide camera
Mesu-200 Mk1

Exposure

11 subframes at 180 seconds each

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Title

Messier 1 Crab Nebula

About this image

Stacked on the fly using Sharpcap Live Stack, minimal processing in Photoshop CS2.

Files associated with this observation

M1_11x180sec_1980s_ii.png (1.1 MB)

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