Crab Nebula - M1

[davedownsouth]

Like many people, I was out with the scope for the first time in ages last night taking advantage of the one clear night .  As the forecast for the rest of the month was looking dreadful, I decided to give the Crab Nebula the One night treatment with my Esprit 120ED.  It was a bit blustery, so the tracking was not the best, hence the shape of most of the stars , but you can't have everything going your way .  All details of how I captured the image are on Astrobin, but any questions / comment, please ask / give .

http://www.astrobin.com/231113/

[kendg]

I quite like it.

More things for me to aspire to.

[MarsG76]

That is a great image of the crab nebula... I like the star colors and the subtle detail in the nebula.

[laudropb]

Very nice image of the crab. Some fine detail and lovely stars.

[libraryman]

I agree, a nice clean image with great star colour and a nice background.

Ray