M1/Crab Nebula

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Comment by Marc Basti on December 4, 2014 at 2:00am

One of the few?/only dsos that you can see evolve in real time. Nice job on it! Marc

Comment by Russ Ruggles on December 3, 2014 at 5:22am

I like this one Nav. Well done

Comment by Navish Dadighat on December 2, 2014 at 3:40pm

Imaging telescopes or lenses: TPO 8" Ritchey–Chrétien
Imaging cameras: SBIG ST8-XME
Mounts: Software Bisque Paramount MX+
Guiding cameras: SBIG ST8-XME
Software: CCDWare CCDAutoPilot 5, Photoshop CS 6 , Maxim DL 5
Filters: Orion Luminance, Orion Blue, Orion Green, Orion Red
Resolution: 1530x1020
Dates: Nov. 28, 2014
Frames:
Orion Blue: 3x600" -20C bin 1x1
Orion Green: 3x600" -20C bin 1x1
Orion Luminance: 10x600" -20C bin 1x1
Orion Red: 3x600" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 3.2 hours
Darks: ~8
Flats: ~5
Bias: ~4
Avg. Moon age: 5.84 days
Avg. Moon phase: 33.88%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
RA center: 83.635 degrees
DEC center: 22.016 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.168 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -108.180 degrees
Field radius: 0.298 degrees
Locations: Moka Observatory , Laguna Niguel, CA - California, United States