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February 06 2010

Celestial Crab in Taurus


Data Collected with a 10 inch Ritchey Chretien on an AP900 Mount, SBIG ST-10XME/CFW10 with water assisted cooling. 6x600 second LRGB, sub exposures calibrated, aligned and stacked in CCDStack. Final Color Combine done in Photoshop CS2. Effective Focal Length 2276.7 mm ~ .62" per Pixel

Image Center: RA 05h 34m 31s, Dec +22d 00m 52s, Pos Angle +359.0 Degrees

Submitted by: William R. Mattil (wrmattil)Location: Ft Griffin, TexasDate: October 25 2009

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2010-02-06 02:06:24 GMT Marleen
The is THE BEST crab image I have ever seen!!! The detail is astonishing!!
2010-02-06 15:50:09 GMT dlriddle
Terrific image! The detail is clear and astonishing! Great color, the data collected made this image perfect! Great job!
2010-02-07 16:37:29 GMT ak666666
Tooooooo good. I cant believe than a 10" mirror pulled this in. Amazing!
2010-03-08 10:55:48 GMT TonyF
Great Job.
 

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February 06 2010