When we first purchased our first telescope in 1990, M1 was the first object we viewed. Of course, you must start with M1!
Over the years we tried to photograph M1 using film. Then we tried a digital camera. Anything to see it more!
Finally, when we were able to afford a cooled CCD camera, we tried it again. It took a few years to get it with our small 8" telescope. But now we're almost happy with the results! This is 20.5 hours of HA, R, G and B data. We created a luminance channel with all 20.5 hours and then overlayed that on top of an HaRGB color channel. We hope you enjoy the results as much as we do. This is our favorite object, M1!
Ha: 23x1800", B: 12x900", G: 12x900", R: 12x900". All at -20C bin 1x1 with a QSI 660. Copyright KG Observatory. More details plus recent M1 imaging history at
http://www.astrobin.com/275800/?nc=user