M 1
by Eric Girardin
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9-01-2008
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RCO 16" f8.4
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STL-11000M
Total: 170 min.
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M 1
1952
Crab Nebula
Taurus
6300 light years
8.4
Expanding cloud of gas created in the explosion of a supernova which was observed in the year 1054 AD