M1 THE CRAB NEBULA ,I GOT A TINY ONE

[CELESCOPE]

Another night of doom , getting used to this now , just going to bed 10.45 looked out , and oh no its clear ,lol , so said to the wife , you go to bed i be there in a little while , well 4 hrs later ehehehh , struggling away , not having any luck , the stars were not looking right , they looked like small comets with little tails ehehehh , getting well fed up , puzzled, Ah i thought wonder if its the darm reducer again , its a sloppy fit really in the scope , have to be spot on when tightening the thumb screws, so re centered it and gently tightened the screws , ran a few test and it was perfect

nearly 4 hrs wasted , so in desperation i went for the Crab nebula , i knew it would be small , but would make anice wide field , so here it is , amazing detail i thought for such a small image , well pleased , cant wait to get the 10 inch job on it , due to clouds now i only managed 17 subs of 45 secs .using the same set up EQ6 ED80 Atik 16HR, HA Filter,Processed in Maxim and Photoshop .

Rog

[LITTLE COL]

nice image rog , another to your list

:)

[OXO]

Thats a nice one of the Crab Rog lovely widefield and great detail in the Crab also those Stars look so sharp you could cut ya fingers on em.

Good Stuff from a disappointing start

James

[FLO]

They say size doesn't matter Rog

Plenty of detail in that one

[Caz]

Lovely stuff Rog... 8)

Caz

[geppetto]

Oooooh! very impressive Rog.

You sure were determined to get a result that night

[SteelRat]

Glad you got a result in the end Rog - and a pretty one too. Least you know to look at the reducer first from now on eh? ALSO can't wait to see results from the 10 inch. Drool

[MartinB]

You're right Rog, can't believe how much is showing up in the crab. Shame about the rest of the night though

[Astroman]

Images this good should be accompanied by yet another paper. You submitting it to Nature or Astrophysical Journal Letters?