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Object(s):
M1

Constellation:
Taurus

Description:
Colour CCD Image of M1 (Crab Nebula)

Date/Time:
2004-02-07

00:21 to 00:36h UT

CCD Image:
ST7 Image
12.7 x 9.1 arc min , 2.55 arc sec/pixel
#57006-37
File: M1.20040207.im57006-37.colour.jpg (6 kb)
Subject: M1

Exposure:
Red 6x20s (av & smoothed), Green 6x20s (av & smoothed), Blue 6x30s (av & smoothed). Luminance 3x60s (av) , 2x2 binning
None
CCD temp. -20 deg C
Filter : RGB, Clear

Equipment:
SBIG ST-7e (ABG) CCD Camera
Meade 8" f/10 SCT telescope (LX200)
operating at f/7.1 (F=1447mm)
Equatorial Wedge/Permanent Pier
Setup: 8" LX200>NGF>F6.3 teleconvertor>#T62>CFW8>ST7

Observer/Location:
David Richards
Backyard observatory [Clair]
(rural site, 20m amsl)
Aberdeenshire, UK

Seeing:
Full Moon

Sky Position:

Processing:
Dark Subtract, Image Align, Average by Filter, LRBB Combine.
Software : CCDSoft V5, PaintShop Pro 5

Related Images:
Enhanced Image

Page Links:
Images (2004-02-06) / M1


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