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| John Noble photographed M1 through an LX10 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope from Cowley, Oxford. He used Provia 1600 film, pushed to 3200 ASA, and an exposure of 15 minutes at f/10. |
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| John Noble photographed M1 through an LX10 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope from Cowley, Oxford. He used Provia 1600 film, pushed to 3200 ASA, and an exposure of 15 minutes at f/10. |
M1 is located 6,000 light years away in the constellation of Taurus. Known as the Crab Nebula, it is a remnant of a supernova witnessed by observers in China in 1054.
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