M1

"The Crab Nebula"

Constellation- Taurus

Right Ascension: 05h 34m 44s

Declination: +22° 01' 16"

Distance: 6300 light years

Visual Brightness: 8.4 mag

Apparent Dimension: 6 arc minutes

Image info-

Date Taken-December 12, 2003

Telescope and camera- Nexstar11 GPS and SBIG ST-8XE NABG + CFW8A

Integrations: L= (12) @ 300 seconds autoguided and binned 2x2 @f/10. RGB= (4) @ 300 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing : Calibrated and median combined using CCDSoft V5.00. Color combined in AIP4WIN.