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M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.nightskyinfo.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: No location given
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Oct 10 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1360
M 1, the Crab Nebula, is a supernova remnant in Taurus. At 36x is very spectacular, one of the very few deep sky objects that when seen through the eyepiece looks almost exactly like when seen on a photograph. The light is evenly spread and the elongated shape is easily visible.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Oct 1 01:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1409
Though there was very little or no light pollution, we could not see the crab nebula without averted vision because of haze and a little bit of fog.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Sep 16 22:55:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1326
A hazy patch of nebulosity near the star Zeta Tauri. The SNR (SuperNova Remnant) is quite faint, but very large: Probably as large as M27 (The Dumbbell Planetary Nebula) but much fainter: nearly twice as faint as M27. Under the city viewing conditions, it was hardly visible and required averted vision to reveal a large irregular patch of light. Best at 100x or so on a 8" f/8 Newtonian Reflector. When I've seen it earlier from the countryside (A nearby village by name Shivanahalli), I saw a little more detail, but since I had just began this hobby, I couldn't appreciate it much. I just remember seeing a patch of fairly bright light.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Oct 16 06:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1077
After some showers in the late Friday afternoon, clouds loomed throughout the majority of the night. At about midnight they started breaking up significantly so that by 1:30 in the morning, all was clear. Orion had already risen in the south and was slightly above the treelines. Taurus was further above so I deicided on M1 as my primary target. Spotting it was easy as it was in close proximaty (about 1 degree NW) of Zeta in the bull. It appeared as a faint s-shaped smudge when observed. However, the longer I watched it, the more prominent the shape was recognizable. Also viewd M31, M35, M42 and M43 as well as M45.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus, Est. RaDec --)
Observer: Balasubramanian ramkumar (e-mail: mrclearsky@rediffmail.com)
Instrument: 13.8-cm equatorial reflector Location: chennai, TN, india
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 18 17:25:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 923
I searched for more than an hour, it in the end it was under my very eye. So dull and dim it was that i couldn't recognise it in my first attempt. I got it in 5 or 6 trials. But, nothing in this region can defeat its beauty, glory and awe.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Oct 23 09:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 705
I went after the Crab Nebula with a bright moon in the sky using the OIII filter. I thought I would at least be able to confirm a visual, but was uncessful. Dark skies,Paul
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 16:57:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Easy to spot, no visible structure, visible as a great patch of smoke, somehow brighter at the center.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://www.fda.iwarp.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Jan 31 21:30:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 504
Pretty nice at 38x, the small glow had a prominent S - shape to it.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula in Taurus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 06:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 15
Picked up almost immediately in the 7x50s as a very small, faint patch, definitely non-stellar in averted vision. Felt the need for more than 7x to see any detail of its shape, though, given how small it was.
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