The Crab Nebula in Taurus is the remnant of a supernova that was observed by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054.

I was surprised how well this image turned out considering the clouds that prevailed that evening. The differential refraction by the clouds did increase the guiding errors in RA.

• Object: Crab Nebula (M1) in Taurus
• Exposure: 75 minutes
• Telescope: Celestron C-8 @ f/10
• Filter: IDAS LPS
• Mount: Losmandy GM-8
• Guiding: Celestron Radial Guider, SBIG ST-4 (A4-A7)
• Camera: Olympus OM-1
• Film: Kodak E200
• Location: South Carver, MA
• Date: 01-Dec-2000 22:08 EST
• Conditions: seeing 4/10, transparency 4/10, LVM 5.5, 20° F, thin clouds
• Processing: Polaroid SprintScan 4000, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, bgsmooth 3 50