Milkyway:
M1 - Crab nebula 17'th of February 2014
Orion Optics VX12 F4 working at F8 with TeleVue 2x Powermate 2 Inch, SBIG ST-4000XCM -25C 1h50min (11x600sec).
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. Corresponding to a bright supernova recorded by
Chinese astronomers in 1054, the nebula was observed later by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731 (Wikipedia).
It's distance from earth is about 6500 light years.
Processing: CCDSoft, Astroart 5.0, Pixinsight. Target was for exposing more subs for this image, but weather did not allow this year.
