A Crab Deconvoluted
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The first nebula I photographed is also the first item in the Messier Catalog. M1, also referred to as the Crab Nebula, is the remnant of a supernova estimated to have occurred less than 10,000 years ago, with the light taking around 6500 yeas to reach us. At the center sits a spinning neutron star. I decided to revisit M1 as my project for the week. This is the result of 6 hours of exposure over three nights. Processed a second time with BlurXTerminator.
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Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 2 | |
| Captured: | 2022-12-14 to 2022-12-15 | |
| Lights: | 66 | |
| Exposure: | 300 | |
| Total exposure: | 5 h | |
| Ra: | 5h 34m 31.9s | |
| Dec: | +22° 03' 29.781 | |
| Size: | 19.756 x 14.247 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.203 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.214 arcsec/pixel |
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