M 1 (crab nebula) in Taurus

Updated : 17 November 2005.

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m1-120-150-sgclpha-OIII_DDP_SZ_STE_IP_PS_crop.jpg (450 kB)

  • CCD : STL11000 ABG
  • Exposure time : 270 min (120 min H-alpha and 150 min OIII, 15 min individual images)
  • Date and Time : 8. November 2005
  • Instrument : 40cm @ f/8
  • Focal length : 3260 mm
  • FWHM : about 3 arcsec
  • Filters : Astronomik 6nm H-alpha and 13nm OIII filter
  • Image processing : Imageplus (DDP, Star size) and Photoshop (Noise reduction, RGB combination)
  • Problems/comments : It is a RGB = H-a:OIII:OIII combination in Photoshop. Imaged at my backyard, Mol, Belgium.
The following image is a near full scale crop of the nebula alone.

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