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Messier 1. The Crab Nebula. HaOIIIOIII

The Crab Nebula is the shattered remnant of a massive star that ended its life in a supernova explosion nearly a thousand ago. It is located in the constellation of Taurus and the supernova explosion was observed by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054. It lies around 6,500 light years distant.

Processed using the Ha subs as the red channel and OIII as both blue and green channels.

EQ6-R-PRO

190mmMN DS-PRO

QHY183M Gain16 and Offset76 -20C

Baader 7.5nm Ha and 8.5nm OIII narrowband filters

60 x 300sec subs

Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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Uploaded on December 10, 2020
Taken on December 10, 2020