The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

M1 CRAB NEBULA

By ebfaulkner6a at Thu, 02/02/2012 - 7:26pm

Taken 2-1-12 from my back yard thru my 111EDT using the Starlight Xpress SXVR-H9. Wanted to get two hours imaging in, but the guider started to give me problems after 8 5min images. Of the eight 6 were good due to the guiding. This image of the Crab Nebula is 6-5min images combined in MaximDL and slight process in Photoshop CS4.  Located in the constellaion Taurus M1 was created from a supernova explosion in July 1054 (fireworks anyone?).  It is 6,500 years away and 11 lys across.

M1 CRAB NEBULA