quaint radish
M1, the Crab Nebula, first deep space light with my GSO 10" Newt.
In 1054 a star about 10 times heavier than the Sun, 6,500 light years away, ran out of fuel and went supernova. The sudden "guest star" in the sky was recorded by Chinese and Japanese astronomers. It was bright enough to be visible in broad daylight for around 20 days.
971 years later, the remnants are now over 10 light years wide and quite pretty. The core of the star collapsed to a pulsar, visible on the full size image. This pulsar is only around 12km across, and spins over 30 times per second!
As this is such a recent supernova it is quite tiny and bright, so was a good first choice for my new 10" scope on an unforecast clear night. This is just 3h of data.
Stellalyra 10" f/4 Newt
Modded NEQ6 Pro on a pier
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
OAG w/ ZWO ASI290MM mini
Svbony sv220
Link to full size image with capture details: https://www.astrobin.com/full/y6071x/0/
sick void
remote valley