Messier 1 - NGC 1952

"The Crab Nebula"

• TYPE:  Supernova Remnant
• RA: 05h 34.5'
• DEC:  -22degrees 01'
• SIZE:  6' X 4'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  8.0
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  NA
• CONSTELLATION:  Taurus
• DISTANCE:  6.3 Thousand Light Years
• DIAMETER:  11 Years

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  RCOS Carbon fiber 10 inch R/C reflector, on a Parramount GT1100
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None / operating at 9.0 FL
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments Group, ST-8XME Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None,
• FILTER(S):  Astro Don LRGB
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -15 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  1X1 (1530X1020) L, 2 X 2 (765 X 510) RGB resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  5 min. Luminance, 3 min. Red, Green, and Blue.
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  12, 12, 12, 12
• FILM SPEED:  None
• DATE/TIME:  10-21-2006 / 07:26:08.734 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, California
• TEMPERATURE:  52 degrees
• HUMIDITY:  43%

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