Messier 1 (NGC 1952 - The Crab Nebula)

Messier 1 (NGC 1952 – The Crab Nebula) from my own backyard and remote

The Crab Nebula (Messier 1, NGC 1952) is a supernova remnant located in the constellation Taurus. It is the expanding cloud of gas and dust left behind by a massive stellar explosion recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD. The nebula’s intricate filaments and central pulsar make it one of the most fascinating remnants in the night sky.

In 2015, I captured my most recent images of this object from my own backyard. The data calibration and registration, as well as the final image processing, were performed entirely in PixInsight.

The result was as follows:

In this image you can find some quasars. The one with the highest redshift is:

WISEA J053434.35+220313.6 with a redshift of 2.20.

The images were taken with the following equipment:

Date: 2015
Location: Krefeld, Germany
Telescope: 10″ Newton ohne Namen
Focal length [mm]: 1000
Focal ratio: 3.9
Mount: Losmandy G11
Camera: Moravian FW8300
Filter: R:G:B:Hα:[OIII]
Exposure time [min]: 60:60:55:120:130
Resolution: 1.12″/px

In 2011 I also took images of M1 from myown backyard and combined then with data from the no longer existing remote observatory Lightbuckets in New Mexico. The data calibration and registration was done with DeepSkyStacker and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

Date: 2011
Location: Krefeld, Germany and New Mexico
Telescope: Orion 10″ Newton – ASA 8″ Astrograph
Focal length [mm]: 1200 – 720
Focal ratio: 4.8 – 3.6
Mount: NEQ6 – ASA DDM 85
Camera: Canon 500Da – Apogee Alta U8300
Filter: OSC:Hα:[OIII]
Exposure time [min]: 175:55:55
Resolution: 0.81″/px – 1.5″/px

First succesful images of this object I took in 2009 from my own backyard. The data calibration and registration was done with DeepSkyStacker and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows: