Discovered on the 18th March by Japanese photographer Yuji Nakamura.
This image was compiled from 183 x 60s frames taken on 22nd and 23rd March.
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
Stacked in DSS.
It's been over 2 years since last imaging M1, so here's a new image taken on 06/03/2021.
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
89 x 2min Lights + Darks and Flats
Stacked in DSS
1492 x 1030 pixel cropped from a 5440 x 3648 full frame image .
Here's a new image of the Flame and Horse head nebulas created from sessions on 17/02/2020, 12/02/2021 and 07/03/2021
Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam: Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M
Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding: PHD2
Planetarium: Cartes du Ciel
17/02/2020 - 40 x 2min Lights
12/02/2021 - 59 x 2min Lights
07/03/2021 - 89 x 2min Lights
Stacked in DSS.
Total of 188 subs of which 150 were stacked for a final total of 5 hour integration time.
Finished in Affinity Photo and Photoshop Elements.
