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M 1 · Supernova remnant · Taurus

Crab Nebula

Also known as NGC 1952 · LBN 833

Shot with Celestron EdgeHD 8 with 0.7× reducer ×1 · Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED ×1 · William Optics RedCat 51 ×1

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Type

Supernova remnant

Constellation

Taurus

Position (J2000)

5h 34m 32s · +22° 00′ 52″

Discovered

by John Bevis in 1731

Pictures

3

Typical integration

7.6 h

Magnitude

8.4

visual

Size

8′ × 4′

Distance

~6,300 ly

Best months

Nov–Jan

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.