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The Crab!

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The Crab! was created by Peter Kennett

I managed to have great skies again, and captured M1 in HOO with RGB colored stars.



Photographed from my New Mexico Cosmos Observatory.
Scope: Celestron C11 EdgeHD
Camera: ASI 1600MM pro @ -15C
Mount: iOptron CEM120 EC2
Guider: Lodestar x2 Off Axis
Focuser/Rotator: Moonlight Lightcrawler
Control System: KStars/EKOS (Mac OSX)
Images: (17 Hours of exposures)
- Red 30 x 180 seconds (stars only)
- Green: 30 x 180 seconds (stars only)
- Blue: 30 x 180 seconds (stars only)
- Hydrogen Alpha (3nm)- 80 x 300 seconds
- Doubly Ionized Oxygen (7nm) - 80 x 300 seconds
Post Processing: Pixinsight & Photoshop
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Replied by a Guest on topic The Crab!

Hey Peter, this is a really amazing photo
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Replied by James Amendolagine on topic The Crab!

Nice!
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Replied by Alfred on topic The Crab!

Truly awesome. Isn't it amazing what dedicated amateur astronomers can achieve today? I'm pretty sure I have never seen such a detailed M1 before, professional/HST images aside. Did you do the image processing all by yourself, too? Congratulations!
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Replied by maxthebuilder on topic The Crab!

Wow... very good!
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Replied by Peter Kennett on topic The Crab!

Thanks Alfred. Yes, I process my own work.
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