I've waited ages for this image...it's the famous Crab Nebula, this supernova was noted on July 4, 1054 A.D. by Chinese astronomers as a new or "guest star," and was about four times brighter than Venus.
I have tried to find this object myself but without success, so again, I turned to the BRT to take a picture of this DSO.
The image was processed first with the FITS applet and then split into RGB channels with PSP and adjusted Gamma and contrast. The image above is the green channel which shows some detail of the filaments in M1. I really like this image, been worth waiting for!
Here is the info:
Request ID 36664
Job ID 25751
Object Type MESSIER
Object ID 1
Object Name The Crab Nebula
Exposure Time 120000 ms
Filter Type Colour
Dark frame Instant
Site Name Tenerife
Telescope Type Name Galaxy
Telescope Name Galaxy Camera
Request Time 23:16 on Friday 22 September 2006 (22:16:11 UTC)
Completion Time 03:09 on Monday 2 October 2006 (02:09:42 UTC)
Comments The Crab Nebula
Status Complete
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