M1 - Crab Nebula
March 1, 2002
Air-cooled Olympus C2000Z Digital Camera - 20" GOTO Starmaster Telescope
by Gary Honis
Ambient temperature was 20 degrees Fahrenheit which allowed low noise imaging with the air-cooled Olympus C2000Z digital camera. Image were taken using 32 second exposures and a 31mm Nagler eyepiece coupled to the digital camera with a televue digital camera adapter. Sky conditions: Rising Moon and some thin clouds.
M1 Crab Nebula - Sum stack of ten 32 second exposures:
M1 Crab Nebula - Median stack of ten 32 second exposures:
Jupiter and Great Red Spot on 3/1/02:
