w/ 8" Meade SCT LX-50 F/6.3
19 pictures (73 minutes) 9×120sec 9×300 sec 1×600sec iso 800
Photo taken 12/2/11
The Crab Nebula in Taurus is a supernova remnant about 6500 light years from earth. The supernova explosion was recorded by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054 AD. It the first object of the Messier list, a catalog made by French astronomer/comet hunter Charles Messier in 1771. The purpose of the catalog was to list objects which were “not comets”.