The Crab Nebula (M1)

Posted by azindarkskies
on Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This image of Messier 1 commonly referred to as The Crab Nebula was taken using a TEC140ED refractor @F/7.  The imaging camera is a QSI583wsg guided by an SX Lodestar.  The image represents 14 hours of exposure through Astrodon 3nm narrowband filters. The color mapping uses the CFHT Palette.

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