M1 Crab Nebula - My first test shot

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M1 Crab Nebula - My first test shot

Post by weixing »

Hi,
My first test shot of M1 Crab Nebula on this morning 2am with fellow member, Aaron.

The sky condition wasn't good with high clouds, very windy(causing star trail), the M1 was in the light pollution area in the west sky and I only manage to took 22 sub frames, so the result wasn't good, but at least I now know what to expect and hopefully can get a better shot on next attempt.

Crab Nebula (M1)
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Below are the settings:
Camera: Canon 450D Original
Telescope: Vixen R200SS (FL=800mm F4.0) with MPCC on Vixen GPD EQ mount
Images: 22 images x 1 minute exposure @ ISO800 (unguided)

Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing
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Post by guangwei »

wow. nice image! it's better than nothing.
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Post by wintertriangle22 »

Nice picture of crab nebula M1,remnants of first observed supernova.There is a pulsar -neutron star right in the middle .Neutron star was first discovered
here. [smilie=ahaaah.gif]
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Post by Aaron »

Wow, Came out good, before process was nothing there, now u see the M1.
It was fun this morning but to bad it was windy and later on high clouds.
Later i post my picture of M42 same place same time.

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Post by mymoon »

weixing : I hope you don't mind my first for 2010


taken on the last Saturday morning before clouds covered the sky

from balik pulau , penang

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Mak-Newtonian195mm
Focal Length 1000mm
F/ratio F/5.3

EQ6 , autoguided

8X302 sec lights @ISO 800
2X302 sec darks


Stack and align using DSS n post process with PS2

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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Very nice... can see a lots of details.

By the way, did you add the diffraction spikes in?? It's look a bit odd and I thought mak-newtonian shouldn't have any diffraction spikes.

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Post by wintertriangle22 »

Hi mymoon, your M1 photo is super -can see wisps of
remnant gas from the supernova when the star blew itself apart [smilie=admire.gif]
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Post by mymoon »

weixing wrote:Hi,
Very nice... can see a lots of details.

By the way, did you add the diffraction spikes in?? It's look a bit odd and I thought mak-newtonian shouldn't have any diffraction spikes.

Have a nice day.
Thanks.

shy lah. got carried away in PS; spikes added. [smilie=shy.gif]

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wintertriangle22 wrote:Hi mymoon, your M1 photo is super -can see wisps of remnant gas from the supernova when the star blew itself apart [smilie=admire.gif]
TQ. The supernova was noted on July 4, 1054 A.D. by Chinese astronomers.

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