M1, The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula is the shattered remnant of a massive star that ended its life in a supernova explosion. Nearly a thousand years old, the supernova was noted in the constellation of Taurus by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054 AD.

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Bill Pearce 02/22/2011 Canfield, Ohio Orion 110ED Canon Rebel XSI Photoshop CS4/Photoshop Lightroom2
             
             
             

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