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Faulkes Telescope Images

Deep Sky Objects - M1, the Crab Nebula.

Here are some images which were captured using the Faulkes Telescope North at the Going Nova Science Festival
which was held at Horizon Scotland at the Business Park in Forres in the north of Scotland.

The event ran from Thursday 10th November 2005 until Saturday 12th November.
During the Festival, the telescope was under the control of members of  the north of Scotland's two mainland astronomy clubs.
SIGMA, Moray's Astronomy Club and  Highlands Astronomical Society.

Designation
Date and Time
Exposures
M1, the Crab Nebula
Oct 28 2005
15.18 to 15.28
RGB, 60 seconds
H alpha and OIII, 60 seconds

ATnew
Alan Tough from Sigma.

Red, green and blue filters.
EW
Eric Walker for HAS.

Red, green and blue filters.
MdeV
Maarten de Vries from HAS has superimposed some lines on Eric's image to show the “disk and jet”
structure around the neutron star. .

Red, green and blue filters.
BL
Bill Leslie from SIGMA

Red, H alpha
Green, OIII
Blue, blue from RGB
EW
Eric Walker for HAS.

Red, H alpha
Green, OIII
AT
Alan Tough from Sigma.

Red, H alpha
Green, average of H alpha and OIII
Blue, OIII
AT
Alan Tough from Sigma.

Red, H alpha
Green, green from RGB exposure
Blue, OIII
BL






Bill Leslie from SIGMA


I made an RGB image with the files from the red, green and blue filters, then I added a "luminance" layer using the hydrogen alpha image. The colours may look a bit strange but it does show up some structure which may have been hidden before.


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